The White House on Tuesday said there was “no way back” for Steve Bannon, a day after the former chief strategist apologised for his comments on US President Donald Trump and the First Family.
“I don’t believe there’s any way back for Bannon at this point. It is very obvious that Mr Bannon worked with Wolff in this particular book,” White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley told reporters aboard Air Force One.
He was responding to a question on the statement by Bannon a day earlier in which he had apologised for his critical remarks in the book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff. In a statement, Trump said Bannon has nothing to do with his presidency and has “lost his mind”.
“The President has been very clear on his thoughts; issued a four-paragraph statement about Mr Bannon.
Zero ambiguity in those statements. It was obvious that the book was false and fake,” Gidley said.