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AP FACT CHECK: Steve who? Trump shortchanges a relationship
Source: Associated Press
AP FACT CHECK: Steve who? Trump shortchanges a relationship
By CALVIN WOODWARD
Today
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a pair of interviews, President Donald Trump gave a skewed account of auto jobs and health care under his watch and flatly contradicted himself on how long he's known his right-hand strategist, Steve Bannon.
"Many years," Trump said of their relationship back in August, when he made Bannon his campaign chief. "I didn't know him" at the time, Trump told the New York Post on Tuesday. Trump got it right the first time.
Why does it matter? It comes as another indication that the president may be edging away from the conservative-populist ideologue as an inner-circle rift plays out in the White House.
A look at some of his statements in the interviews and in a brief news conference Wednesday:
TRUMP: "I like Steve, but you have to remember he was not involved in my campaign until very late. 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."
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By CALVIN WOODWARD
Today
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a pair of interviews, President Donald Trump gave a skewed account of auto jobs and health care under his watch and flatly contradicted himself on how long he's known his right-hand strategist, Steve Bannon.
"Many years," Trump said of their relationship back in August, when he made Bannon his campaign chief. "I didn't know him" at the time, Trump told the New York Post on Tuesday. Trump got it right the first time.
Why does it matter? It comes as another indication that the president may be edging away from the conservative-populist ideologue as an inner-circle rift plays out in the White House.
A look at some of his statements in the interviews and in a brief news conference Wednesday:
TRUMP: "I like Steve, but you have to remember he was not involved in my campaign until very late. 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."
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Read more: https://apnews.com/210989e289f4436188eac5a7fd8f3305/AP-FACT-CHECK:-Steve-who?-Trump-shortchanges-a-relationship
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