Pres. Trump and White House Statement on Steve Bannon: 'I feel very badly'
In an Oval Office press spray on Thursday morning shortly after the news broke, the POTUS had this to say: "Well, I feel very badly. I haven't been dealing with him for a long period of time as most of the people in this room know. He was involved in our campaign, He worked for Goldman Sachs. He worked for a lot of companies, but he was involved likewise in our campaign, and for a small part of the administration, very early on. Haven't been dealing with him at all." "I know nothing about the project other than I didn't like when I read about it, I didn't like it. I said, this is for government. This isn't for private people. And it sounded to me like showboating. And I think I let my opinion be very strongly stated at the time. I didn't like it. It was showboating and maybe looking for funds, but you'll have to see what happens. I think it's a very sad thing for Mr. Bannon. I think it's surprising. But this was something is you know...