10/16/2017

STEVE BANNON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump offered up praise for Steve Bannon when asked about his former chief strategist’s war against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell…
Trump added that he ‘can understand where Steve Bannon is coming from’ given Republican lawmakers’ failure so far to pass an Obamacare repeal, tax reform and other big ticket items.
Trump’s comments come as Bannon has continued to rail against McConnell and other GOP leaders, and has encouraged Senate candidates who will challenge McConnell’s leadership role. The president is meeting with McConnell and Vice President Mike Pence for lunch on Monday [10-16-17].
Bannon, who was ousted from the White House in August and has since rejoined the bomb-throwing populist Breitbart News site, on Saturday offered a warning to Republican leaders that now was a season of war against a GOP establishment…
Bannon recently notched a victory against McConnell and Trump in the special election to fill Alabama’s open Senate seat, where the McConnell-backed candidate Luther Strange was defeated by Bannon’s candidate of choice, Roy Moore.”

-Cristiano Lima, “Trump voices support for Bannon as he wages war against McConnell,” Politico, Oct. 16, 2017 12:44pm