Steve Bannon Uniquely Odd Among Donald Trump's Many Weird Staff Choices | Rachel Maddow

>> NEXT WEEK I'M ON VACATION. >> STAY STRONG.
MAKE IT THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. WELL DONE.
>> GOOD NIGHT. >>> THANK YOU TO YOU AT HOME
JOINING US THIS HOUR. THE GOOD NEWS IS, I WAS JUST
TALKING TO JOY ABOUT HAVING SOME TIME OFF, BEING ABLE TO RELAX A
LITTLE BIT. THIS IS LUCKILY PRETTY MUCH
EVERYONE PHONED IN TODAY. NOTHING IS GOING ON, RIGHT?
ALL RIGHT. STARTING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL,
THERE'S A THING YOU CAN DO CALLED MODEL U.N.
MODEL UNITED NATIONS. IT'S AN EDUCATIONAL THING, THEY
DO IT FOR COLLEGE KIDS, KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND FOR KIDS IN
MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT'S A VERY COOL IDEA.
YOU GET ASSIGNED TO REPRESENT A COUNTRY AND THEN AS THE DELEGATE
FOR THAT COUNTRY, YOU LEARN ABOUT DIPLOMACY AND
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND THE WORKINGS OF INTERNATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS BY YOU ACTING OUT YOUR ASSIGNED COUNTRY'S BEST
INTERESTS ALONG WITH THE OTHER KIDS IN THIS MOCK U.N.
ENVIRONMENT. IT'S COOL.
SOME SCHOOLS DO DEBATE CLUB. SOME SCHOOLS DO MODEL U.N.
IT'S A COOL THING. LAST MARCH WHEN HE WAS ZIPPING
HIS WAY THROUGH THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES ON HIS WAY TO THE
NOMINATION AND SAT DOWN WITH THE EDITORIAL BOARD "THE WASHINGTON
POST" AND FINALLY ANSWERED THE QUESTION THAT REPORTERS HAD BEEN
BUGGING HIM ABOUT FOR WEEKS. HE WAS BECOMING THE FRONT-RUNNER
FOR THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT BUT DESPITE HAVING MADE IT THAT
FAR POLITICALLY, NOBODY REALLY KNEW WHERE TO PLACE HIM ON THE
NUMBER LINE OF REPUBLICAN POLITICS, PARTICULARLY ISSUES
LIKE NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY.
PEOPLE ASKED HIM, MR. TRUMP, MR. TRUMP, WHO IS YOUR FOREIGN
POLICY TEAM. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING HIM FOR
WEEKS AND THEN STARTED TO MAKE FUN OF THE FACT THAT HE DIDN'T
HAVE A FOREIGN POLICY TEAM. IN THAT DAY IN MARCH AT THE

PIECE OF PAPER THAT HAD A LIST OF FIVE NAMES ON IT.
AND HE SPREAD IT OUT AND READ OFF THE PAPER TO THE "WASHINGTON
POST" EDITORIAL BOARD AND IN SO DOING HE ANNOUNCED HIS LIST OF
FIVE PEOPLE WHO HE SAID WERE HIS FOREIGN POLICY ADVISERS.
AND NOBODY EVER HEARD OF THEM. AND AS A WHOLE, THEY TURNED OUT
TO BE VERY STRANGE CHOICES. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THEM TURNED
OUT TO BE A GUY NAMED CARTER PAGE, A SMALL-TIME BUSINESS GUY
WHO HAD WORKED FOR MERRILL LYNCH IN RUSSIA FOR A WHILE.
HE HAD ALSO TURNED UP IN AN FBI INVESTIGATION OF A RUSSIAN SPY
RING OPERATING AT A NEW YORK BANK.
HE TURNED UP IN THAT INVESTIGATION AS SOMEBODY WHO
HAD PROVIDED INFORMATION TO THE RUSSIAN AGENTS.
ANOTHER PERSON ON THE LIST WAS A GUY WHO SAID ON HIS RESUME THAT
HE HAD TAUGHT FOR YEARS AT THE NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY WHEN
IN FACT HE HAD NOT TAUGHT FOR YEARS AT THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
UNIVERSITY. ANOTHER ONE OF THE FIVE PEOPLE
ON THIS LIST, LISTED ON HIS RESUME, THAT AMONG HIS AWARDS
AND HONORS, NOT ONLY HAD HE PARTICIPATED IN MODEL U.N., IN
MODEL U.N., HE HAD BEEN THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE UNITED
STATES. HEY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING
TO ADVISE AN ACTUAL U.S. PRESIDENT SOME DAY, THAT'S
PROBABLY PRETTY GOOD PRACTICE, RIGHT?
AND WHAT LUCK PRESUMABLY IF THE KID HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO BE THE
DELEGATE AND THEN HE WOULDN'T HAVE TURNED UP IN A U.S.
ELECTION AS A FOREIGN ADVISER A FEW YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
SO TRUMP WITH THIS FLOURISH PULLS OUT HIS LIST OF FIVE NAMES
AND UNVEILS HIS FIVE-PERSON FOREIGN POLICY TEAM AND IT WAS A
WEIRD THING AND IT CONTINUED TO BE A WEIRD THING.
CARTER PAGE ENDED UP UNDER SCRUTINY FOR HIS TRAVELS TO
RUSSIA AND HIS MEETINGS IN RUSSIA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS NOW UNDER SCRUTINY.
THE KID WHO MODELED U.N. ON HIS RESUME TO BE A TRUMP FOREIGN
POLICY ADVISER, AND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAS NOW HANDED OVER TO
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATORS AND THERE IS HALF A DOZEN TIMES WHEN
THE MODEL U.N. WROTE INSISTING THAT HE WAS ABLE TO GET THEM
MEETINGS WITH HIGH-LEVEL RUSSIANS, INCLUDING HIS EFFORTS
TO SET UP A MEETING WITH PUTIN HIMSELF.
WHERE DID THESE GUYS COME FROM AND HOW DID THEY END UP AS PART
OF TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN? TRUMP DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE KNOWN
CARTER PAGE, THE GUY IN WITH THE RUSSIAN SPIES.
HE DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE KNOWN THESE GUYS BEFORE HE WAS RUNNING
THE CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT. HOW DID THEY END UP ON HIS
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND WHAT IS DESCRIBED AS SENIOR IMPORTANT
ROLES AS HIS FOREIGN POLICY TEAM.
SAME QUESTION APPLIES TO THE GUY WHO RAN HIS CAMPAIGN FOR A
WHILE, PAUL MANAFORT. HE WASN'T CONNECTED TO DONALD
TRUMP BEFORE HERE HE MYSTERIOUS WOUND UP RUNNING THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN LAST YEAR. IT HAS BEEN UNEQUIVOCALLY
CONFIRMED TO US THAT AS LATE AS JANUARY LAST YEAR, PAUL MANAFORT
AND DONALD TRUMP HAD NO RELATIONSHIP, BUT BY MARCH OF
LAST YEAR, PAUL MANAFORT WAS RUNNING THE WHOLE CAMPAIGN.
WHERE DID HE COME FROM? OUT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE
COUNTRY, OUT OF ALL THE REPUBLICANS IN THE COUNTRY, WHY
DID TRUMP PICK THIS GUY WHO HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO HAD BEEN OUT OF
AMERICAN POLITICS FOR DECADES WHILE INSTEAD HE WAS DOING
BUSINESS AND POLITICAL WORK FOR
PUTIN-CONNECTED OLIGARCHS AND DICTATORS.
AND WHEN TRUMP WON THE ELECTION, WHY DID HE WIND UP RUNNING THE
STATE DEPARTMENT? REX TILLERSON HAD NEVER MET
PRESIDENT TRUMP BEFORE THE ELECTION.
REX TILLERSON'S SELECTION AS SECRETARY OF STATE IS EXPLAINED
NOW AS HAVING BEEN A RECOMMENDATION TO TRUMP FROM
CONDOLEEZZA RICE AND FROM OBAMA'S DEFENSE SECRETARY BOB
GATES. AS IF TRUMP WAS TAKING TONS OF
ADVICE FROM PEOPLE LIKE THAT WHEN HE WAS SETTING UP HIS
CABINET. REMEMBER, TRUMP INSTALLED HIS
BANKRUPTCY LAWYER AS AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL.
HE PUT HIS TOP FUND-RAISER IN AS TREASURY SECRETARY.
HE PUT HIS SON'S WEDDING PLANNER IN CHARGE OF FEDERAL HOUSING IN
NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY. HE NAMED HIS SON-IN-LAW AND
DAUGHTER AS SENIOR PRESIDENTIAL ADVISERS.
HE MADE HIS BODYGUARD THE DIRECTOR OF OVAL OFFICE OF
OPERATIONS AND NEWT GINGRICH'S WIFE IN ROME AS THE AMBASSADOR
TO THE VATICAN. YOU REALLY THINK HE HELD OUT ON
THE JOB OF SECRETARY OF STATE UNTIL HE FOUND SOMEONE
CONDOLEEZZA RICE APPROVED OF? I MEAN, EVERY NAME IS A STRANGE
THING THAT DONALD TRUMP PICKED REX TILLERSON TO BE SECRETARY OF
STATE. BUT TILLERSON DID HAVE DECADES
OF EXPERIENCE WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN.
HE'S THOUGHT TO BE CLOSER TO PUTIN THAN ANY OTHER AMERICAN.
PUTIN PINNED THE HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOR ON REX
TILLERSON'S LAPEL A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN THEY COMPLETED THE
LARGEST OIL DEAL IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
A HALF TRILLION DOLLAR OIL DEAL BETWEEN RUSSIA AND EXXON THAT IS
OFF NOW BUT COULD BE BACK ON IN AN INSTANT IF ONLY THOSE U.S.
SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA COULD BE ROLLED BACK.
SO THIS IS THIS THING THAT NAGS AT ME AND HAS BEEN KEEPING ME
AWAKE ON AND OFF FOR LIKE MORE THAN A YEAR NOW.
WHERE DO THESE FOLKS COME FROM? HOW DO THEY FIND THEIR WAY INTO
THAT INNER CIRCLE? THERE'S BEEN A WHOLE BUNCH OF
PEOPLE IN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WHO
ARE, FORGIVE ME, WEIRD CHOICES FOR THE JOBS THAT THEY HAVE HAD
AND FOR THE ROLES THAT THEY HAVE PLAYED.
IN TERMS OF MY SLEEP SCHEDULE, IT'S ALMOST COMFORTING NOW, IT'S
AT LEAST CLARIFYING NOW TO LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE WEIRD CHOICES
AND REALIZE THAT SOME INEXPLICABLE CONNECTION TO
RUSSIA AND RUSSIA INTERESTS APPEARS TO BE THE COMMON
DENOMINATOR IN ALL OF THOSE WEIRD CHOICES.
THERE'S AT LEAST A THEME, RIGHT? WITH THIS ONE OTHER GUY, THOUGH,
HE DOESN'T FIT THE THEME. HE WAS AN EQUALLY WEIRD CHOICE.
YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN HIM THE SAME WAY.
THIS IS THE TRAILER FOR THE VAL KILMER MOVIE HE ONCE PRODUCED
ABOUT A MAD SCIENTIST WHO LOCKS PEOPLE IN A STEAM ROOM AND HOLDS
THEM HOSTAGE WHILE THE GIRLS HOLD EACH OTHER AND TAKE OFF
THEIR BIKINI TOPS AT RANDOM TIMES.
IT SOUNDS KIND OF CORNY. IT IS.
THE MESSAGE OF THE MOVIE IS ABOUT THE MAD SCIENTIST'S
MURDEROUS CRAZY SCHEME WHICH IS TO CONVINCE THOSE IN THE HOSTAGE
CRISIS THAT THERE IS SUCH THING AS GLOBAL WARMING.
>> WHY ARE ARE YOU HERE? >> PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DIE.
THAT'S A FACT. >> HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE WILL DIE HOW? >> GLOBAL WARMING.
>> AND THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW HE'S CRAZY.
THIS ONE GUY WHO DOESN'T FIT THE SORT OF PATTERN OF A WEIRD
CHOICE FOR THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, HE
PRODUCED THE MAD SCIENTIST KILLS PEOPLE BECAUSE HE BELIEVES IN
GLOBAL WARMING SEXY SAUNA SCENE HORROR MOVIE.
HE ALSO PRODUCED A MOVIE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE NONFICTION, A
DOCUMENTARY, THAT SHOWS AND PROVESPROVES THAT ONE OF THE GUM
DUCK DYNASTY ISN'T JUST A GUY WITH AN AMAZING BEARD AND HAS
DUCK CALLS, HE'S A LIVING PROFIT HERE ON EARTH.
HE'S THE TORCHBEARER. SENT HERE FROM HEAVEN TO SHOW
HUMANITY THE WAY THAT ONE, THAT MOVIE, THAT DOCUMENTARY OF HIS
HAS SO MUCH FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE BEING KILLED AND STABBED AND RAN
OVER BY TANKS AND STUFF THAT I CAN'T SHOW YOU THE TRAILER FOR
THAT FILM. I CAN ONLY SHOW YOU THE STUFF
FROM THE MAIN PART OF THE MOVIE THAT MAKES THE CASE THAT THE
DUCK DYNASTY GUY IS THE SAME GUY AS JESUS.
HE WORKED FOR BIOSPHERE 2, A TEXAS MILLIONAIRE'S EXPERIMENT
IN THE '90s TO HAVE PEOPLE LIVE WITH NO LINK TO THE OUTSIDE
WORLD. STEVE BANNON'S TIME RUNNING THAT
COMPANY ENDED IN A LAWSUIT WHERE ONE OF THE DWELLERS ACCUSED HIM
OF SCREAMING AT HER THAT HE WOULD TAKE HER SAFETY CONCERNS
ABOUT THE BIOSPHERE AND, QUOTE, RAM THEM DOWN YOUR F'ING THROAT.
BANNON ACTUALLY ADMITTING TO SAYING EXACTLY THAT IN THE COURT
CASE, WHICH WAS A COUPLE YEARS BEFORE POLICE ENDED UP AT HIS
HOME AND HE WAS CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND BATTERY
AND CHARGES TO INTERFERE WITH HIS WIFE'S ABILITY TO TESTIFY
AGAINST HIM IN THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE.
THOSE CHARGES WERE LATER DROPPED WHEN IN FACT HIS WIFE DIDN'T
TURN UP TO COURT TO TESTIFY ABOUT THE CHARGES.
THAT WAS ALSO BEFORE WE LEARNED ABOUT THE REPORTED METH HOUSE
THAT HE RENTED AND WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS MAIL IN FLORIDA AND
THAT WAS BEFORE HE WAS REGISTERED TO VOTE IN MULTIPLE
STATES AT THE SAME TIME WHILE LEADING A CRUSADE ABOUT SUPPOSED
VOTER FRAUD. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
WERE WEIRD CHOICES IN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
AND IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ONCE THEY WON.
PEOPLE WHO JUST DON'T MAKE SENSE IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY CAME FROM
AND WHERE THEY ENDED UP. BUT AT LEAST WITH MOST OF THEM
THERE'S THIS COMMON THREAD THAT THEY ALL HAVE UNUSUAL TIES TO
RUSSIA. AND WE'RE WORKING ON UNRAVELING
THAT AND EXPLAINING IT IN THE END.
BUT WITH STEVE BANNON, HE'S -- HE'S THE WEIRD TIE HIMSELF.
ONE YEAR AGO YESTERDAY, STEVE BANNON WAS BROUGHT ON BOARD TO
REPLACE PAUL MANAFORT AT THE HEAD OF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
HE AND KELLYANNE CONWAY WERE BOTH FUNDED BY THE SAME
RECLUSIVE RIGHT-WING BILLIONAIRE, ROBERT MERCER, THE
SINGLE LARGEST DONOR TO ELECT TRUMP AS PRESIDENT.
EVEN THOUGH BANNON WAS TAKING OVER AS THE CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR
MANAFORT, HE INSISTED ON BEING CALLED THE CAMPAIGN CEO.
OKAY? ONCE HE WAS INSTALLED AS SENIOR
WHITE HOUSE STRATEGIST, STEVE BANNON INSISTED IT BE MADE
PUBLICLY KNOWN THAT HIS CHIEF STRATEGIST ROLE WAS OF EQUAL
RANK TO BE WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF.
HE THEN NAMED HIMSELF TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL.
BEFORE THAT NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, THE FIRST ONE GOT FIRED
AND THE NEW ONE KICKED HIM OUT OF THERE.
WELL, NOW AS OF TODAY, HE'S GONE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ALTOGETHER
WITH A FLOURISH OF RANDOM CONTRADICTORY INFORMATION ABOUT
HOW EXACTLY HE LEFT, HOW MUCH HE JUMPED AND HOW MUCH HE WAS
PUSHED. THE LINE THEY'RE TRYING TO SELL
FROM THE BANNON SIDE IS THAT IT WAS AN ORDERLY GOOD-BYE, THAT IT
WAS ON HIS TERMS, THAT HE FILED HIS NOTICE THAT HE WOULD LEAVE
TWO WEEKS AGO OR MAYBE IT WAS TEN DAYS AGO OR MAYBE IT WAS A
WEEK AGO. HE AT LEAST DEFINITELY HAD
ALREADY DECIDED TO LEAVE ON HIS OWN TERMS A LONG TIME AGO AND
EVERYBODY KNEW HE WAS LEAVING, INCLUDING HIM.
AND THAT'S ALL FINE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO SELL
THAT LINE EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THREE NIGHTS AGO HE MADE A
CALL TO THE AMERICAN PROSPECT TO BRAG TO PEOPLE IN THE
ADMINISTRATION ABOUT WHO HE'S ABOUT TO FIRE, WHO STEVE BANNON
WILL BE FIRING SOON. NONE OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE FIRED
BUT BANNON IS, DECLARING VICTORY ALL THE WAY.
SO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ANOTHER LANDMARK MOMENT IN THE
DISILLUSION OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, BUT WE'LL BE
TALKING ABOUT THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT HOUR.
AND I JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON A FEW THINGS THAT WE'RE CHEWING ON
RIGHT NOW AND TRYING TO ANSWER. STUFF THAT HASN'T BEEN ANSWERED
YET THAT I'M HOPING THAT WE MIGHT GET ANSWERED OVER THE
COURSE OF THIS EVENING. NUMBER ONE, WHEN DO WE GET
NORMAL SLEEPY FRIDAYS BACK? WHEN CAN WE HAVE A SLOW NEWS
DAY, PARTICULARLY ON A FRIDAY? NEVER?
EVER? OKAY.
SO THAT'S WHY. TWO, CARL ICAHN JUST LEFT THE
ADMINISTRATION TONIGHT AS WELL. HE LEFT THE ADMINISTRATION, QUIT
HIS JOB, LITERALLY MOMENTS BEFORE "THE NEW YORKER" MAGAZINE
PUBLISHED THIS PIECE ABOUT BILLIONAIRE CARL ICAHN USING HIS
POSITION IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO POTENTIALLY
MAKE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR HIS OWN COMPANIES.
MOMENTS BEFORE THAT WAS PUBLISHED TONIGHT, CARL ICAHN
RESIGNED. IS THAT RESIGNATION BY CARL
ICAHN IS STANDALONE CARL ICAHN CORRUPTION STORY OR IS HIS
RESIGNATION TONIGHT TIED IN ANY
WAY TO THE STEVE BANNON DEPARTURE TODAY?
ALSO, WHO ELSE IS LEAVING THE ADMINISTRATION TO EITHER TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE SMOKE SCREEN TIED TO BANNON OR NOW THAT
BANNON IS GONE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY POLITICAL MEANS OF STAYING?
NUMBER THREE, ERIK PRINCE, THE BILLIONAIRE BROTHER OF BETSY
DeVOS AND FOUNDER OF BLACKWATER, POLITICO.COM REPORTS THAT THAT
BIG MEETING ON AFGHANISTAN TODAY, THE SUPPOSED REASON MIKE
PENCE HAD TO FLY HOME EARLY FROM HIS OVERSEAS TRIP, POLITICO NOW
REPORTS THAT ERIK PRINCE, THE BLACKWATER GUY, WAS DUE TO BE AT
THAT AFGHANISTAN MEETING IN PERSON TODAY AT CAMP DAVID TO
PITCH HIS IDEA IN PERSON THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SHOULD
PAY HIM $10 BILLION A YEAR TO RUN THE AFGHANISTAN WAR FROM
HERE ON OUT AS ERIK PRINCE'S OWN FOR-PROFIT PRIVATE ENTERPRISE
INSTEAD OF SOMETHING BEING RUN BY THE U.S. MILITARY.
STEVE BANNON WAS THE ONE WHO WAS ERIK PRINCE'S CHIEF ALLY IN
FAVOR OF THIS IDEA. ONCE STEVE BANNON GOT FIRED
TODAY, ERIK PRINCE WAS BLOCKED FROM ATTENDING THAT AFGHANISTAN
MEETING AT CAMP DAVID THAT HE WAS OTHERWISE GOING TO BE AT.
THE PERSON WHO BLOCKED HIM, REPORTEDLY WAS NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISER H.R. McMASTER. IS THAT TRUE?
ARE THERE OTHER KOK COCAMINIE SCHEMES THAT WILL TAKE PLACE NOW
THAT HE'S GONE? WE'RE CHEWING ON THAT TONIGHT.
HERE'S MY BIG QUESTION TONIGHT WHICH WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIGURE
OUT WITH THE RIGHT REPORTING IN JUST A MOMENT.
WHY WAS STEVE BANNON THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE?
WHAT WAS HE THERE TO DO? AND AT WHOSE BEHEST WAS HE
THERE? AND WHATEVER HE WAS SENT TO DO,
DID HE LEAVE NOW BECAUSE HE ACCOMPLISHED IT?
THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHER INEXPLICABLE PEOPLE IN THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN AND NOW IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND THOSE PEOPLE
FIT ANOTHER PATTERN ENTIRELY. RUSSIA.
RUSSIA. AS TO HOW THEY GOT THEIR PLACE
AND WHY THEY'RE THERE. BUT BANNON REALLY IS DIFFERENT.
BANNON CAME ON A YEAR AGO OUT OF THE BLUE TO RUN THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN, DESPITE THE FACT THAT WITH HIS PERSONAL BACKGROUND, HE
PROBABLY COULDN'T GET A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE, LET
ALONE OF A MAJOR PRESIDENTIAL PARTY CAMPAIGN.
HE GOT BACK IN BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO FUNDED BANNON AT
BREITBART AND FUNDED ALL OF HIS OTHER VENTURES, INCLUDING HIS
INSANE MOVIES, BY THAT POINT, THOSE SAME PEOPLE HAD BECOME THE
SINGLE LARGEST FUNDERS OF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND THOSE ARE THE
PEOPLE WHO INSTALLED HIM ON TOP OF THE CAMPAIGN A YEAR AGO.
AND WHO ULTIMATELY GOT HIM HIM THE WHITE HOUSE, INTO THE OVAL
OFFICE IN THIS SENIOR ROLE THAT ENDED TODAY.
WHY DID THEY WANT HIM THERE? DID HE ACCOMPLISH WHAT HE WAS
SUPPOSED TO DO? AND WHAT DO THEY WANT TO DO NEXT
WITH BANNON OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE AND NOW WORKING ON THE
OUTSIDE? WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT EXPERT
REPORTING ON THAT NEXT FROM THE REPORTER WHO HAS DONE MORE THAN
ANYBODY ELSE IN THE COUNTRY TO EXPLAIN THE SINGLE FUNDER WHO
MADE THIS ALL HAPPEN I

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