Alexander Nix, who was suspended from the firm on Tuesday, is heard saying that he had met Donald Trump "many times" and deployed deceptive tactics to support his election campaign.
During a stop on his European tour, Bannon told a conference of the far-right National Front party in France, "Let them call you xenophobes. Let them call you nativists. Wear it as a badge of honor."
The ritzy event drew stars from across Washington's media firmament. But all eyes were on President Trump, who offered quips, burns — and even some news on North Korea. That is, if he wasn't joking.
Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel, who nearly upset Sen. Thad Cochran in a bitter 2014 race, is teasing that he will mount a conservative primary challenge to Republican Sen. Roger Wicker.
Journalist Joshua Green describes the right-wing provocateur as a "very shrewd analyst of American politics." Right now, Green says, Bannon is particularly attuned to the #MeToo movement.
Trump allies say the president is — and always has been — the leader of his own movement. But that doesn't mean conservative populists have a champion this year.
"I'm someone who just found his way into this story of our time," the Fire and Fury author says. He stands by the work that has created a rift between President Trump and former adviser Steve Bannon.