and his nuclear arsenal. you have serious foreign policy issues and this budget deadline coming up in two weeks here. so i do think that s some context that is important to remember here. i think there are a lot of people who are intrigued by the relationship between donald trump and steve bannon and, yes, from a policy perspective it could be important when you look ahead to midterms, to who steve bannon might back in some of the critical races. will president trump back the same people? there was a reference to the senate seat in alabama where donald trump in the statement blames steve bannon for essentially the loss of the seat, it going to a democrat, doug jones, who was sworn in up in washington. he says steve had everything to do with the loss of a senate seat held for more than 30 years by republicans. steve doesn t represent my base. he s only in it for himself. that is a piece that will be relevant as we move into the midterm year, as we move closer to november. but keep in mi
the others, michael flynn, indictment for lying to the fbi. collusion with russia, papadopoulos. they have taken guilty pleas. we will see where it goes. this seems to be the beginning of the end for trump. what does that mean in the investigation? doesn t lead back to trump? i don t know. only time will tell. it seems more in his inner circle are starting to flee for cover, even people like steve bannon who is not exactly a beacon of ethics himself because if you read closely was been released of what he signed, he didn t condemn that they did this treasonous, unpatriotic thing. he complained that they did it in a way to get caught. shannon: he says it s over. what do you say? beginning of the end of the investigation. shannon: the president sent a scorched earth statement out. he said now that he s on his own, steve is learning winning