Hallie Jackson: Bannon’s Personal Influence Is Waning on Trump But the Policy Influence Isn’t

‘Steve Bannon is in his ear pushing something very different strategically than H.R. McMaster’

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JACKSON: "You also have I think concern among some folks inside the West Wing and close to the President about Bannon’s role, about the machinations with H.R. McMaster because the two, remember, do have very different policy views. That’s what this comes down to — the bottom line is this, and this is how somebody put it to me and I thought this was a very smart point — while Steve Bannon’s personal influence may be waning with the President, his policy influence does not seem to be. Look what happened yesterday with the China trade policy, that’s Steve Bannon. Look at what's happening this week - NAFTA trade. That's Steve Bannon. Look what's happening with Afghanistan, still nothing announced as the President grapples with what to do next, that is partly because Steve Bannon is in his ear pushing something very different strategically than H.R. McMaster."

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