steve bannon at this point? he has nothing to bring to the table. other than jared kushner, though, bannon was the guy who was closer to the oval office, closer than reince priebus. now listen to how the president is talking about him. did steve bannon betray you, mr. president? any words about steve bannon? i don t know. he called me a great man last night. he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. thank you all that much. i don t talk to him. i don t talk to him. that s just a misnomer. thank you. what might the fallout of this book do to the growing republican divide? that s a great question, ana, one i m not hearing enough people asking. steve bannon has been the head of the war on the republican party. honestly, i don t understand why his career wasn t over after the alabama senate race.