Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon is apologizing to President Trump and his son, giving quotes to Axios Sunday, offering his regrets.
‘I regret that my delay in responding to the inaccurate reporting regarding Don Jr has diverted attention from the president’s historical accomplishments in the first year of his presidency,’ the Breitbart head said.
He also explained that when he labeled Donald Trump Jr’s Trump Tower meeting with a Russian lawyer as ‘treasonous,’ he meant for that description to be attached to Paul Manafort, who he said would know better.
Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon (right) is trying to make things right with his former boss, President Donald Trump (left)
‘My comments were aimed at Paul Manafort, a seasoned campaign professional with experience and knowledge of how the Russians operate. He should have known they are duplicitous, cunning and not our friends. To reiterate, those comments were not aimed at Don Jr,’ Bannon told Axios.
Axios also reported that the president wanted his surrogates to go on TV to ‘bury Steve.’
That was apparent on Sunday morning when Trump’s Senior Advisor on Policy Stephen Miller went on CNN’s State of the Union and called Bannon’s description of the Trump Tower meeting ‘grotesque.’
In a contentious back-and-forth with Jake Tapper, Miller also said Bannon was ‘so out of touch with reality and obviously so vindictive.’
President Trump heralded his 32-year-old aide with a tweet of appreciation.
‘Jake Tapper of Fake News CNN just got destroyed in his interview with Stephen Miller of the Trump Administration,’ Trump wrote. ‘Watch the hatred and unfairness of this CNN flunky!’