Campaign staff believed not only would donald trump not be president , he probably should not be. And to say that trump knew nothing, nothing at all about the basic intellectual functions of the job was a comic understatement. And of inauguration day, nearly one year ago, throughout the morning he was visibly fighting with his wife, who seemed on the verge of tears. The white house is now firing back that bannon has lost his mind. But not everything in this book appears to come from bannon. Were one hour out of the Daily Briefing at the white house, and that could be interesting to say the least. Lets get right to it with our team of reporters. Nbc news intelligence and National Security reporter ken dlanian joins us from our d. C. Bureau. Nbcs Hallie Jackson is at the white house. Also in Washington White House bureau chief for the Washington Post and msnbc political analyst phil rucker. Ken, lets start with this don junior meeting. This idea that bannon says it was treasonous for don
donald trump did say in july in paris, donald trump the president, not donald trump jr., most people would have taken that meeting. also describing his son as a wonderful young man. again, the president of the united states saying most people would have taken that meeting. that meeting that his own chief strategist called treasonous. a big question is why did steve bannon stay in the white house after that? we re going to get into that. ken dilanian, hallie jackson, and phil rucker. guys, thanks so much. and kirk lidell is a former spokesman for bright b.a.r.t. news. you know steve bannon really well. the president says he s lost his mind. has he? the crazy calling had each other crazy right now. in august when steve bannon left the white house he said publicly, the presidency we won and fought for is over. if you pay attention to what steve has been saying, it s not that far off where it s got-tone