Updated Aug. 19, 2017 at 2:20 p.m. ET
President Donald Trump on Saturday thanked former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon for his service and applauded his decision to return to Breitbart News.
Trump first published a tweet Saturday morning thanking Bannon, focusing on Bannon’s role in Trump’s presidential campaign.
I want to thank Steve Bannon for his service. He came to the campaign during my run against Crooked Hillary Clinton – it was great! Thanks S
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2017
Several hours later, the President followed up with a tweet applauding Bannon’s decision to return to Breitbart and encouraging Bannon to fight “Fake News.”
Steve Bannon will be a tough and smart new voice at @BreitbartNews…maybe even better than ever before. Fake News needs the competition!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2017
However, it appears Trump forgot that Bannon left his position at the helm of Breitbart to help run the Trump campaign given that Trump called Bannon a “new voice” at Breitbart in his tweet.
Bannon unceremoniously left his role as White House chief strategist on Friday following several weeks of reports indicating that Bannon’s influence in the White House and popularity with the rest of Trump’s aides were fading.
Shortly after the White House confirmed that Bannon would leave the administration on Friday, Breitbart News announced Bannon’s return to the conservative news website. Bannon said that he will continue to fight for Trump’s agenda from the outside.
Donald thinks he’s re-emphasizing that he won the primaries through his own political genius.
He’s actually re-emphasizing that his previous campaign manager was Paul Manafort.
Shouldn’t that closing snark tag have a “/” before the “S”…?
Pitiful how bereft of nuance, style, humor, warmth…it’s as obvious Trump’s rise was not on his own merits as it is that he’s scared.
In one of the statements this week (can’t remember which) 45 claimed he had won all of the primaries. Motherfucker is delusional.
God only knows what he’ll do if he lasts until Christmas. Sleeping in the WH manger scene? Steve could seem like a shepherd…