PolitiFact: Did he or didn't he? Trump contradicts himself on whether he knew Steve Bannon

[DonViejo]

By Aaron Sharockman on Wednesday, April 12th, 2017 at 8:46 a.m.

Before the presidential campaign, "I didn't know Steve (Bannon)."
— Donald Trump on Tuesday, April 11th, 2017 in media comments

President Donald Trump wavered in his support for White House aide and strategist Steve Bannon in an interview with The New York Post on Tuesday, following stories of a rift forming between Bannon and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

"I like Steve, but you have to remember he was not involved in my campaign until very late," Trump said. "I had already beaten all the senators and all the governors, and I didn’t know Steve. I’m my own strategist, and it wasn’t like I was going to change strategies because I was facing crooked Hillary.

"Steve is a good guy, but I told them to straighten it out or I will," Trump said.

Trump "didn’t know Steve"?

That’s an altogether different story than Trump told when he first hired Bannon, a former top editor at the conservative website Breitbart, onto his campaign staff last fall. It also directly contradicts the public record.

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[dalton99a]

1. Trump had never heard of Breitbart either

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. And before the cock crows.....nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Trump's pants catch fire so regularly

that he probably has no hairs left on his ass, and he must need new pants delivered on a regular schedule. "Jared, has this week's pants shipment arrived yet? The new ones I got yesterday are all singed from the press conference."