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发帖数: 897 | 1 A profile of Steve Bannon indicates that the Breitbart chief is getting
increasingly frustrated with President Donald Trump, and might tap into his
own presidential ambitions in the coming years.
Vanity Fair’s Gabriel Sherman wrote an extensive report stating that the
former White House chief strategist has expressed concern to various aides
about the longevity of Trump’s presidency. Even though Trump and Bannon are
believed to be still in close contact with each other, the latter is
unhappy with the direction of current administration and starting to think
his own direct intervention is needed for national politics.
From the profile:
In October, Bannon called an adviser and said he would consider running for
president if Trump doesn’t run for re-election in 2020. Which Bannon has
told people is a realistic possibility. In private conversations since
leaving the White House, Bannon said Trump only has a 30 percent chance of
serving out his term, whether he’s impeached or removed by the Cabinet
invoking the 25th amendment. That prospect seemed to become more likely in
early December when special counsel Robert Mueller secured a plea deal from
former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Bannon has also remarked on
the toll the office has taken on Trump, telling advisers his former boss has
“lost a step.” “He’s like an 11-year-old child,” Bannon joked to a
friend in November.
When Bannon left his post several months ago, he offered some of his first
White House critiques by saying that the administration he fought for in the
2016 election was “over.” Bannon has previously spoken about how he didn
’t like being an underling. And judging by his latest comments, it would
seem he’s prepared to test out his full power as a sociopolitical influence:
“It was always a job,” he said. “I realize in hindsight I was just a
staffer, and I’m not a good staffer. I had influence, I had a lot of
influence, but just influence.” He told me he now feels liberated. “I have
power. I can actually drive things in a certain direction.”
Sherman reached out to White House staff for comment, not only was he told
that Bannon has been calling to get his old job back, but one official said
“the president’s best decision was firing James Comey. His second best
decision was firing Steve Bannon, bar none.” A Bannon spokesperson
contested this claim by saying “anyone around Steve since he left the White
House can see he is very happy now out of the White House!”
UPDATE 3:53 p.m. ET — CNN political reporter Rebecca Berg identifies a “
source who works with” Bannon as saying that there is no truth to the
Bannon 2020 talk. |
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