bannon. hallie, you re right to reiterate that. the president, obviously, though, is focusing on steve bannon because steve bannon seems to be at least the first headline, major headline in this book. but let s remember, donald trump is a fan or at ealeast has beenn of steve bannon. here s what he said about his former chief strategist back in october. i have a very good relationship, as you know, with steve bannon. steve s been a friend of mine for a long time. i like steve a lot. steve is doing what steve thinks is the right thing. that was after steve was fired. so what does that mean for bannon s credibility here? well, look, we know that president trump and bannon actually stayed in touch in the months since he was fired. they ve had occasional phone calls. steve bannon has considered himself sort of an outside adviser and has had a line in to the president at times off and on. over these last few months clearly they re at a breaking
let s start with the two officials picks that we do know about. haley devos, you re adding voices who are critical of him in the past. what else does that say about donald trump and these two picks in particular? i think it is striking. you see him look outside of his loyalist circle. when he started to name folks, to his administration, steve boone, reince priebus, there was concern that he wasn t looking outside of that inner circle. so you have the fact these are two former critics of donald trump. and these are the first two women he is picking to serve as part of his administration. in terms of south carolina governor nikki haley, she is a rising star within the republican party. she is someone who gained national praise when she led that fight to have these confederate flags taken down in her state.