Just days after President Trump snubbed an olive branch offered by his former chief strategist and putative “alter-ego”, the New York Times is reporting that Steve Bannon – the “alt-right” icon and former Trump campaign manager – is stepping down from his position as executive chairman of Breitbart News.
NYT politics reporter Jeremy Peters got the scoop.
BREAKING: BANNON STEPPING DOWN FROM BREITBART NEWS. Story to follow.
— Jeremy W. Peters (@jwpetersNYT) January 9, 2018
Trump blasted Bannon in a public statement last week, saying the former senior White House official and – briefly – member of the National Security Council – “lost his mind” after Trump fired him. Bannon and the president had an abrupt falling out last week after excerpts from Michael Wolff’s controversial book “Fire And Fury” – his account of the first year of the Trump administration – revealed Bannon making several embarrassing on-the-record statements. In one, he said Don. Jr.’s decision to organize the Russia meeting was “treasonous”, and that President Trump definitely knew about the meeting. In another, he reportedly told Wolff that the possibility of removing Trump via the 25th amendment is discussed daily in the West Wing.
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