https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-bannon-arrested-charged-with-fraud-2020-8?op=1
I can hear DJT in my head right now . . . "Who? Bannon? I really never met the guy. I don't know him. I take pictures with a lot of people, so you never know. I hear (insert a. bad things or b. good things) about the guy. We'll see what happens."
Mr. Trump on Thursday told reporters both that he didn’t “know anything about the project at all” and that he “didn’t like that project” because he thought it was “being done for showboating reasons.” He said he hadn’t dealt with Mr. Bannon “for a very long period of time.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-senior-trump-advisor-steve-bannon-charged-with-alleged-fundraising-scheme-11597931727?mod=hp_lead_pos1
If I had slowed down a little bit I think I could have gotten much closer to predicting that.
The good news for Bannon is that Trump didn't say "it is what it is".
The bad news is that he didn't say "I wish her well".
To analyze his statement, it's hilarious that he "didn't know anything about the project at all", but he did know enough to know that he "didn't like that project" and he even remembers the exact reason he didn't like the project which is that after considering the project that he didn't know anything about, he had concluded that the project was "being done for showboating reasons".
To conclude, Trump's take away is never steal Trump's limelight. So much for the four men who are accused of crimes for which they face prison and the victims of a fraud.
I actually saw the pitch for this "project" some time ago and I thought "what a ridiculous joke, it's amazing that anyone would fall for that. I feel sorry for them."
It's also interesting that Bannon was arrested on the boat of a man who is accused of running similar scams in China and is in exile as a result and that Bannon and the exile have reportedly raised $800 million domestically.
Edit: Actually I see that he did say that he felt bad for Steve at some point.
