Because I think this break-up is important to understand for the future:

„…Sarah Sanders issued this statement from President Trump on Wednesday…

Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my Presidency. When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. Steve was a staffer who worked for me after I had already won the nomination by defeating seventeen candidates, often described as the most talented field ever assembled in the Republican party.

Now that he is on his own, Steve is learning that winning isn’t as easy as I make it look. Steve had very little to do with our historic victory, which was delivered by the forgotten men and women of this country. Yet Steve had everything to do with the loss of a Senate seat in Alabama held for more than thirty years by Republicans. Steve doesn’t represent my base—he’s only in it for himself.

Steve pretends to be at war with the media, which he calls the opposition party, yet he spent his time at the White House leaking false information to the media to make himself seem far more important than he was. It is the only thing he does well. Steve was rarely in a one-on-one meeting with me and only pretends to have had influence to fool a few people with no access and no clue, whom he helped write phony books.

We have many great Republican members of Congress and candidates who are very supportive of the Make America Great Again agenda. Like me, they love the United States of America and are helping to finally take our country back and build it up, rather than simply seeking to burn it all down."

bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2018/01/03/read-president-trump-statement-steve-bannon/ddavlStIWn0VesiGUtqgcI/story.html

My understanding of what Trump said here is this:

Trump ordered S. Sanders to state that Bannon has nothing to do with him or his Presidency.

That he fired him and Bannon lost his mind.

That Bannon was nothing more than a staffer (not a friend or an ally).

That Trump had been already winning (nothing to do with Bannon).

That Bannon now is on his own, learning the hard way that winning (on his own) isn’t easy.

That Bannon had „everything“ to do with the loss of a Senate seat in Alabama.

That Bannon is an egocentric.

That Trump won because of his base („the forgotten men and women“).

That Bannon pretended to be at war with the media, but leaked „false“ information to the media (enemy) for making himself seem more important.

That Bannon wasn’t a person in-the-know and only unimportant fools were fooled by his leaks.

That there are many Patriots in Congress, who love the U.S., helping to take the country back.

That they are not seeking to burn it all down (like Bannon).

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Trump didn’t order Sanders to issue this statement to the media. It is not aimed at the media itself, but aimed at his base of supporters. The media should only report on this.

Trump issued a message to his base here:

Telling „the forgotten men and women“ that he severed his ties with Bannon, Bannon is on his own, never was that important to the cause, others are more important and way more dedicated to the cause. While Bannon just wants to „burn it all down“.

This indicates to me that this is not theatre, not a distraction.

Remember when Bannon stated this:

"The Trump presidency that we fought for, and won, is over,” Bannon said Friday, shortly after confirming his departure. “We still have a huge movement, and we will make something of this Trump presidency. But that presidency is over. It’ll be something else. And there’ll be all kinds of fights, and there’ll be good days and bad days, but that presidency is over.“

weeklystandard.com/bannon-the-trump-presidency-that-we-fought-for-and-won-is-over./article/2009355

Trump and Bannon both wanted Trump to win the presidency. But with different goals in mind.

Bannon may have hoped for a deep purge that „burns simply everything" (evil) "down“.

This could certainly be a very dangerous approach, because it could bring on real civil war and plunge the U.S. into years of darkness.

Trump and his admin seem to have a more sober, matter-of-fact approach. They seem to want to drastically cut back the evil in the deep state and elsewhere, so that a chance for a new start is possible and betterment can thrive. They don’t try to eradicate all evil, to not hurt the country more than it is hurt already, but instead to prepare the grounds for good politics.

Trump and Bannon disagree about how to achieve this.

Trump’s approach may be way more cautious, to not throw the republic in total chaos.

And Trump wanted his base to know that they should not fear the disagreement between Bannon and him, but to keep faith in his presidency.

Trump urges his base to not care about Bannon any longer.

The presidency will progress without Bannon. That’s all what happened.

A last thought: COULD it be all theatre? Yes. But would Trump endanger his trustworthiness with telling his base afterwards „Oh, I deceived you for tactical games, but now, please trust me again“? I don’t believe that.

>>242720

R. Rosenstein out. Message? Possible.

>>242760

Then it is a yes.

>>242847

I like Bannon too. But men can be on different opinions, how to solve a (big!) problem. This happens and Bannon might be the more radical type, while Trump might know that you rarely achieve 100% of what you want to achieve. And you always have to pay a price. The price here is the well being of country.

>>242852

Agree.

>>243048

WRWY in our thoughts.

>>243099

Basically, not officially.