Amid a flood of reports detailing division among the upper echelon of his White House, President Trump on Tuesday night refused to firmly back his controversial chief strategist, Steve Bannon – going so far as to minimize Bannon’s role in the underdog presidential campaign. Bannon, the former executive chair of Breitbart News, served as the Trump campaign’s CEO during the final, successful push to Election Day. “I like Steve, but you have to remember he was not involved in my campaign until very late,” Trump told The New York Post. The day before his involvement was announced, a pair of Washington Post polls showed Trump losing Virginia and Florida to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton by sizeable margins. Bannon, along with campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, helped orient Trump to a more offensive footing ahead of the November victory.

Source: Fox News April 12, 2017 12:00 UTC