But I mean, do you think really president 2020, Steve Bannon - he would run? MCEVERS: That's the impression I get from the book. I would put my money on Steve Bannon rather than Donald Trump at this point. WOLFF: I think he has many acts left in him.

My question to you is, does he have a few acts left in him? And this week has been a really tough week for Steve Bannon (laughter). Things are looking like that's going to work out. You know, he's backing this candidate in Alabama. You know, but at the end of the book when you finish your reporting, you know, Steve Bannon - it's just before the loss of Roy Moore, a candidate who Steve Bannon backed in Alabama. So I have no fear that Steve Bannon was not aware of what he was doing. I have never spoken to anyone - and it's fascinating to talk to him at this level - who sees many, many steps ahead. WOLFF: Steve Bannon is the ultimate strategist. MCEVERS: Do you think that Steve Bannon ever thought he was off the record when he was talking to you? But his vessel turned out be, as Bannon has described him, but as everyone - singularly, everyone else in the White House has also described him - his vessel turned out to be a child or to be like a child, a man so desperate for immediate gratification that really nothing could get done. You know, and he thought Donald Trump was his vessel to do this. And that's what he went into this White House to do. And Steve has a singular vision about where he thinks the country should be and what has to happen to make America great again. But this is absolutely true, that Steve Bannon is responsible for Donald Trump's election. Donald Trump - and this is - if you say this around the president, the top of his head blows off. You know, he lived this more intensely than anyone else. MICHAEL WOLFF: I think it was of real concern to Steve. On Friday, I talked to the book's author, Michael Wolff, about 'Fire And Fury.' And I asked him why Steve Bannon would have said those things about Trump while he still worked in the White House. He said he regretted the delay in responding to the book and pledged his unwavering support for President Trump and his agenda. Then on Sunday, Bannon issued a written mea culpa to the news site Axios. Many of the quotes in the book were attributed to his former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, quotes like saying the president's son's meeting with Russians who offered dirt on Hillary Clinton was treasonous. President Trump on Saturday called the book boring, untruthful and described himself as a very stable genius after the book raised questions about his mental fitness. The fallout from Michael Wolff's book, 'Fire And Fury: Inside The Trump White House,' continued over the weekend.

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