Posted on 01/07/2018 9:02:05 AM PST by Eddie01
Battered by the backlash from Michael Wolff's book, Steve Bannon is trying to make amends with the Trump family, providing a statement to Axios that expresses "regret" to President Trump and praises his son, Donald Trump Jr.
"Donald Trump, Jr. is both a patriot and a good man. He has been relentless in his advocacy for his father and the agenda that has helped turn our country around."
"My support is also unwavering for the president and his agenda — as I have shown daily in my national radio broadcasts, on the pages of Breitbart News and in speeches and appearances from Tokyo and Hong Kong to Arizona and Alabama."
"President Trump was the only candidate that could have taken on and defeated the Clinton apparatus. I am the only person to date to conduct a global effort to preach the message of Trump and Trumpism; and remain ready to stand in the breech for this president's efforts to make America great again."
"My comments about the meeting with Russian nationals came from my life experiences as a Naval officer stationed aboard a destroyer whose main mission was to hunt Soviet submarines to my time at the Pentagon during the Reagan years when our focus was the defeat of 'the evil empire' and to making films about Reagan's war against the Soviets and Hillary Clinton's involvement in selling uranium to them."
"My comments were aimed at Paul Manafort, a seasoned campaign professional with experience and knowledge of how the Russians operate. He should have known they are duplicitous, cunning and not our friends. To reiterate, those comments were not aimed at Don Jr."
"Everything I have to say about the ridiculous nature of the Russian 'collusion' investigation I said on my 60 Minutes interview. There was no collusion and the investigation is a witch hunt."
"I regret that my delay in responding to the inaccurate reporting regarding Don Jr has diverted attention from the president's historical accomplishments in the first year of his presidency." The backstory ... In Wolff's book, Bannon is quoted as saying of Mueller's prosecutors: "They’re going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV.'"
Be smart: While Bannon's statement may seem like a baby step, he's as stubborn as Trump when it comes to apologizing and admitting he has made a mistake. He views any concession as a sign of humiliating weakness.
What's next: Look for Don Jr. to accept the statement graciously. But Bannon has further to go with President Trump: Axios has learned that POTUS has said that he wants surrogates who appear for him on TV to "bury Steve."
Axios' Jonathan Swan reported last night: Trump has been working the phones over the past several days, telling allies they need to choose between him and Bannon. P.S. "Fake book" ... Trump tweets as he leaves Camp David: "I’ve had to put up with the Fake News from the first day I announced that I would be running for President. Now I have to put up with a Fake Book, written by a totally discredited author."
"Ronald Reagan had the same problem and handled it well. So will I!"
‘which I assume I am still entitled to [my own opinion].’
What do you think, ‘ymmv,’ means?
I have no idea what it means.
It means, ‘Your mileage may vary.’
It’s a common way of saying that you may have an entirely different opinion.
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your mileage may vary [?]
The link to the article that you posted. Where is it?
Never heard of it before.
Power brings out the worst in men. Understanding that, a man with power must forever be vigilant in his actions.
I’m not following how this was preplanned with Trump and Bannon in cahoots.
You see the red text at the top that says Axios.
That’s called a “link”.
Axios is where the article originated from.
If you click on the “link”, it takes you to the article.
After you are there, you can read it in it’s entirety.
Although in this case, I did not excerpt it.
Never heard of it before either.
...ah...the internet. :)
I’m with you, I think we are all being way too trusting that Wolff didn’t twist Bannon’s words, misquote him, do all sorts of crap... I love Trump but even he kind of jumped the gun here and lashed out without being sure Wolff wasn’t just playing us all.
Bannon saying "I regret that my delay in responding...has diverted attention" isn't the same thing as an apology for making any of the comments in the first place.
He can say his comments about the meeting were directed towards Manafort, but Don Jr. was at the meeting too, and, according to Wolff's trash, Bannon said: "They’re going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV." That comment was targeted directly at Don Jr., and Bannon didn't deny making the comment.
Bannon also gave no explanation or apology in his statement for having used his position as Chief Strategist in the Trump administration to give unfettered "guest credentials" to a known piece of trash like Michael Wolff. Without Bannon providing unprecedented access to Wolff and without Bannon's tacit approval of Wolff's presence in the WH, this book would never have been written. Period.
No apology or denial (and Bannon has provided neither of those!) would undo the damage Bannon has caused. The best thing he could have done at this time was to provide an unequivocal mea culpa and release the name of the rehab center he's checking into.
I don't pretend to understand why Bannon committed political and professional suicide, but the fact remains that this is what he has done.
On the right there is something called a scroll bar.
Scroll down.
The Bannon article is available there 2nd article down.
The article itself does not have a dedicated page.
I’m laughing at the notion that this was some sort of a “plan”.
I won’t be surprised to hear Steve jumped off a building. He made a mistake that he will NEVER get past.
Bannon is a piece of crap $^&%# garbage any way to look at it. He deserves exactly what he is going to get.
I don’t actually see either an apology or a denial of the quotes Wolff attributed to him.
Bannon saying “I regret that my delay in responding...has diverted attention” isn’t the same thing as an apology for making any of the comments in the first place.
He can say his comments about the meeting were directed towards Manafort, but Don Jr. was at the meeting too, and, according to Wolff’s trash, Bannon said: “They’re going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV.” That comment was targeted directly at Don Jr., and Bannon didn’t deny making the comment.
Bannon also gave no explanation or apology in his statement for having used his position as Chief Strategist in the Trump administration to give unfettered “guest credentials” to a known piece of trash like Michael Wolff. Without Bannon providing unprecedented access to Wolff and without Bannon’s tacit approval of Wolff’s presence in the WH, this book would never have been written. Period.
No apology or denial (and Bannon has provided neither of those!) would undo the damage Bannon has caused. The best thing he could have done at this time was to provide an unequivocal mea culpa and release the name of the rehab center he’s checking into.
I don’t pretend to understand why Bannon committed political and professional suicide, but the fact remains that this is what he has done.
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