Bannon allies say statement praising Trump Jr. was spiked after Trump went nuclear

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

Breitbart News chairman Stephen Bannon on Wednesday was about to issue a statement praising Donald Trump Jr. and disputing his quotes in a book from Michael Wolff, but the statement was spiked after President Trump went nuclear on his former chief strategist.

Multiple sources with knowledge of the situation say that Bannon’s aides sought to impress upon him the need to put out a statement quickly. The aides had crafted a statement, which was pending Bannon’s approval, when the White House beat him to the punch.

In the unreleased statement, Bannon had planned to call Trump Jr. a patriot and dispute the account in Wolff’s book, "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," in which Bannon described Trump Jr. as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic” for setting up a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with a Russian lawyer.

Bannon and his allies did not see a need to release the statement once Trump accused his former top campaign aide of having “lost his mind.” They believe the president’s statement effectively ended the relationship between the two men.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/367452-bannon-allies-say-statement-praising-trump-jr-was-spiked-after-trump

[pnwmom]

1. And maybe Bannon's people also saw no "need" once Wolffe announced he had tapes.

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http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-steve-bannon-michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-audio-recording-770431

The author of a new book that's loaded with explosive anecdotes of a disorganized and chaotic White House is backed up by "dozens of hours" of audio recordings of senior staff, according to a report.

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, whose quotes triggered a firestorm at the White House on Wednesday, and former White House deputy chief of staff Katie Walsh are among the top officials author and journalist Michael Wolff recorded for new book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, according to Axios.

[YessirAtsaFact]

3. Mmmmm...

[Perseus]

8. Exactly...

Those damn tapes...always getting in the way of a retraction.

[Hortensis]

14. :)

Court-ordered retraction, yes, but he's a pro at just claiming whatever he wants and selling it to millions. Tapes are great audio for campaign ads, though.

[SunSeeker]

25. Wait, there's TAPES?

OMG. This story gets better and better.

[pnwmom]

28. Dozens of hours of them, apparently.

http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-steve-bannon-michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-audio-recording-770431

[Eliot Rosewater]

26. Tapes?

oh god this makes my day


Do people understand bannon was about to make a statement, that was a lie, like everything else he or trump ever say?

It goes without notice now how easily and common they lie....

[pnwmom]

29. Newsweek says so.

http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-steve-bannon-michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-audio-recording-770431

[regnaD kciN]

2. "Effectively ended the relationship"...?

Then how come Bannon put out a statement effusively praising The Manbaby Who Would Be King, even after the latter had publicly disowned him in that statement?

[BigmanPigman]

7. I wondered about that as I read it too.

[Hortensis]

15. President has power, of course. Bannon craves power.

Bannon needs power. Even attacking Trump links him in media commentary with power.

My guess is that Trump misses his horse whisperer almost as much as Bannon misses direct manipulation, though.

[BigmanPigman]

16. Frick and Frack.

I was thinking of Dumb and Dumber but Bannon isn't even close to the moron in the "intelligence category".

[Hortensis]

27. Depraved Rasputin and doomed Czar Nicholas come to mind.

[rainin]

13. This makes no sense to me either. What is he up to? n/t

[SunSeeker]

23. Because Bannon is trying to patch up with the Mercers.

They cut off their $upport $pigot to him because of the book.

[GusBob]

4. This whole juiciness is just so delicious to me

It's like palace intrigue on crack.

Someday this will all be a movie, a black comedy maybe, a tragic comedy perhaps, but most definitely lengthy. 3 hours with an intermission. 3 parts even

We need a screen writer on the level of Shakespeare.

Although on second thought a lot of this stuff writes itself

[Cha]

11. I know, right.. Schadenfruede on

steroids.

GusBob

[HopeAgain]

5. 3-D Chess or Junior High Schoolers?

I'm thinkin the latter.

[thbobby]

6. The rattlesnakes are committing suicide

Had to plagiarize Hackman from Mississippi Burning. Seems spot on to me. Great movie too!

[Marie Marie]

9. Bannon has aides?

Who is he that he needs aides? I want aides!

[groundloop]

20. They're just a couple of gaming buddies who were hanging out in Bannon's mom's basement

[TeamPooka]

10. hahahahahaha lying sack of shit Bannon.

[getagrip_already]

12. if bannon cut a deal with muehler.....

it would explain why he hasn't said anything publically. the book was written months ago. Leaked stories may be just window dressing to cover up the deal.

Well, that's bill palmers take anyway.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. All the more astonishing after No-Drama Obama.

But not unexpected by those of us who were able to determine before the election that Trump was a tremendously needy narcissist and a lousy businessperson.

[Pepsidog]

18. Bastards lie so easily.. just shows the character of these creeps

[Raven123]

19. So one way or another, Bannon was eager to lie. Sounds about right

[Butterflylady]

21. Ok

Everybody form a circle; now fire!!!!

[JohnnyRingo]

22. I don't think Bannon was going to stick up for Trump.

It would be like if a drunken asshole was at your party, and just when you're about to pick him up off the floor and show him out, he puked on your carpet. Upon which, Bannon spat on him and kicked him in the kidney. "Dude, I was about to help you out until you did that".

[truthisfreedom]

24. All of these freaks totally deserve each other.

And their fates.