the campaign. as for the probe, bannon surmised bob mueller is focusing his attention on possible money-laundering involving trump acolytes in an effort to ensnare the president. they are going to crack don jr. like an egg on national tv. the president has not been seen on camera since returning from florida issued a response saying steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. when he was fired he not only lost his job. he lost his mind, adding steve doesn t represent my base. he s only in it for himself. balance suggestions in the book contrast to what he said last year. it s a total and complete farce. russian collusion is a farce. the row after the book comes after another controversy brewing over the president s tweet about north korea in which he suggested that his so-called nuclear button was bigger and more powerful than that of kim jong un.
ainsley: the president is steamed about this. he says steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. when he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. steve was a staff who worked for me after i had already won the nomination by defeating 17 candidates. steve doesn t represent my base. he is only in it for himself. brian: everyone was just stunned by this. because most people did not know what to make of steve bannon when he came onto the scene nationally. and then they heard he was this trump whisperer and he really had the mind set of the president. and then he was really marginalized in the white house and his exit was eminent for the longest time. then they finally parted ways. for the most part has been backing the president and backing loser candidates like senator roy moore and led the president down a couple pathways that didn t benefit the party or him. steve bannon last night after being basically characterized by the president as unserious candidate, e
program last night. you know i support him day in and day out, giving the trump miracle speech, you don t have to worry about that but i appreciate the kind words. the words are anything but kind. the harshest words, donald trump junior responded to steve bannon sweeting steve had the honor of working in the white house and serving the country. he squandered that privilege and turn that opportunity into a nightmare of backstabbing, harassing, leaking, lying and undermining the president, steve is not a strategist, he is an opportunist. the letter is out, cease-and-desist, steve bannon continuing to talk out, we will see if this continues today, not sure what this service but it is something to watch today. heather: griff jenkins, appreciate it. hours from now, work getting
passages. steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. when he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. steve was a staffer who workedis for me after i had already won the nomination by defeating 17 candidates. now that he s on his own, steve is learning that winning is not as easy as i make it look. steve had very little to do with our historic victory, which was delivered by the forgotten men and women of this country, yet steve had everything to do withn the loss of a senate seat in alabama held for more than 30 years by republicans.a steve does not represent my base, he s only in it for himself. we have many great republican numbers of congress and candidates who were very supportive of them make america great again agenda. like me, they love theve united states of america and are helping to finally take our country back and build it up rather than simply seeking to more than all down. pretty amusing. and there s some truth in there for sure, but don t l
back. that s really not what this is about, because what he said earlier is that this investigation was a canard, that there was no russia collusion, that he saw nothing inappropriate. and i think that s where the american people, who are good-natured and fair, are going to come down on this whole set of questions and this will be a drama that we will have to deal with over the next couple s day. but i think it s a very unfortunate thing. tucker: so if you get toward the bottom of the president s statement, very colorful statement, he says this. steve doesn t represent my base, he s only in it for himself. that seems like the nub of it here, the debate over who represents trump s voters. is it the president or is it his chief strategist steve bannon? what s the answer? the conservative movement is not aligned to any one person, but they are head over heels overjoyed with the first year of the trump presidency and the trump agenda. they know that we could be looking at one or two