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.
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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Good analysis lonevoice and I totally agree with your conclusions.