After weeks of President Trump's family and close advisers telling him to cut ties with Stephen Bannon, the former White House chief strategist's own words may have finally been what Trump needed to hear to walk away.
Trump lashed out on Wednesday against harsh comments Bannon made about his family in the soon-to-be released book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. But he's not the only wealthy Republican ready to distance himself from Bannon, The Washington Post reports: Bannon, now the head of Breitbart News, has alienated his main financial backer, Rebekah Mercer. Bannon has been telling other major GOP donors that if he ever decides to run for president, Mercer would support him, a person familiar with the conversations told the Post. Mercer was already bothered by Bannon stumping for Roy Moore in the Alabama special Senate race and now does not plan on backing any of his future projects, the person said.
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