President Donald Trump on Monday said he may try to talk Steve Bannon, his former chief strategist, out of pushing for anti-establishment challengers to GOP incumbents in the Senate.
The comments came shortly after Trump appeared to voice support for Bannon’s vowed war on establishment figures, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, telling reporters that Bannon “is a friend of mine” and “very committed to getting things passed” when asked about the Breitbart News chief’s attacks on McConnell and other GOP leaders.
But after a private meeting with McConnell, Trump expressed some skepticism about Bannon’s efforts, especially his support for GOP Senate candidates who will challenge McConnell’s leadership role.
“Steve is doing what Steve thinks is the right thing,” Trump said during a news conference in the Rose Garden alongside McConnell. “Some of the people he may be looking at, I’m going to see if we talk him out of that.”
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Sounds like Trump made one of those great deals we are always hearing about with McConnell.
Yeah. They’re buddies now.
Tune in again next week for another episode of the Trump Presidency reality tv show.
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