son-in-law, jared kushner, in a long-running feud with bannon, is involved in financial crimes. trump allies attacked the insider account. >> this is obviously a hit job on the president. >> it's outrageous. >> he's a sleaze bag. >> absurd allegation by someone who's talked to a lot of disgruntled people at the white house. >> complete fantasy and just full of tabloid gossip. >> but by day five, the president clearly not satisfied with defending his own fitness for office, calling himself a genius and a very stable genius at that. >> why did you feel the need to tweet about that this morning? >> well, only because i went to the best colleges, or college. >> while bannon attempted to play down the split. >> nothing will ever come between us and president trump and his agenda. >> now mr. trump is calling his former ally sloppy steve, blaming him for the book. >> that's why sloppy steve is now looking for a job. >> an abrupt divorce for now. >> i like mr. bannon. he's a friend of mine. steve has been a friend of mine for a long time. >> the author of that bombshell