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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSteve Bannon believed Trump had early stage dementia, TV producer claims
Former White House strategist Steve Bannon thought Donald Trump was suffering from early-stage dementia and campaigned covertly to remove him from office via the 25th amendment, according to a veteran TV producer.
Ira Rosen, the author of a new memoir about his work for CBS, Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes, was speaking to Skullduggery, a podcast from Yahoo News.
Rosen told hosts Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman his book was not a dish on this person or that person, then gave listeners a taste of the dish inside.
He was asked about his relationship with Bannon, which developed around attempts to set up a 60 Minutes interview. Steve is a big talker, a big gossiper, Rosen said. He became a source for a lot of media people in Washington.
The former investment banker and failed Hollywood producer who came to run the ultra-rightwing Breitbart News website was Trumps campaign chairman in his 2016 election victory over Hillary Clinton. But Bannon was fired as a White House strategist in August 2017, amid fallout over Trumps praise for white supremacist marchers in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Bannon was a source for tell-all books but re-entered Trumps orbit as the 2020 election approached. After his defeat by Joe Biden, Trump pardoned Bannon on a fraud charge relating to a fundraising effort for a wall on the US border with Mexico. Bannon remains a media gadfly, hosting a hard-right podcast.
In the early days of the Trump administration, Rosen said, he became kind of a therapist for Bannon, loitering in the chief of staffs office, drinking Diet Cokes and he would kind of download to me on stories.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/16/trump-dementia-claims-steve-bannon-25th-amendment
Ira Rosen, the author of a new memoir about his work for CBS, Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes, was speaking to Skullduggery, a podcast from Yahoo News.
Rosen told hosts Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman his book was not a dish on this person or that person, then gave listeners a taste of the dish inside.
He was asked about his relationship with Bannon, which developed around attempts to set up a 60 Minutes interview. Steve is a big talker, a big gossiper, Rosen said. He became a source for a lot of media people in Washington.
The former investment banker and failed Hollywood producer who came to run the ultra-rightwing Breitbart News website was Trumps campaign chairman in his 2016 election victory over Hillary Clinton. But Bannon was fired as a White House strategist in August 2017, amid fallout over Trumps praise for white supremacist marchers in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Bannon was a source for tell-all books but re-entered Trumps orbit as the 2020 election approached. After his defeat by Joe Biden, Trump pardoned Bannon on a fraud charge relating to a fundraising effort for a wall on the US border with Mexico. Bannon remains a media gadfly, hosting a hard-right podcast.
In the early days of the Trump administration, Rosen said, he became kind of a therapist for Bannon, loitering in the chief of staffs office, drinking Diet Cokes and he would kind of download to me on stories.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/16/trump-dementia-claims-steve-bannon-25th-amendment
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Steve Bannon believed Trump had early stage dementia, TV producer claims (Original Post)
demmiblue
Feb 2021
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elleng
(131,223 posts)1. and now he's suggesting he run for congress!
Jirel
(2,026 posts)2. Well, DUH!
Of course, they all wanted a useful idiot, so they ran the useful idiot. Having a murderous, hateful, treasonous useful idiot was just a bonus.
UTUSN
(70,762 posts)3. He quit Drumpf over White Supremacists - who knew?!