Steve Bannon believed that President Donald Trump had early depression in 2017 and began a covert campaign to remove him during the 25th Amendment, a former ’60 Minutes’ producer revealed in a new book.
Producer Ira Rosen wrote in his memoir, ‘Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes,’ that Bannon began reaching out to Trump alliances in the summer of 2017 and had conversations with them about his state of mind the vice president.
He believed that Trump was suffering from depression at an early stage and that there was a real chance of his dismissal by the Twenty-fifth Amendment, where the cabinet could vote that the head was not now able to fulfill its responsibilities, Rosen wrote. ‘Bannon started pushing that story hard.’
A new book from former producer ’60 Minutes’ states that Steve Bannon (pictured) believed that President Donald Trump was showing signs of dementia in the early summer of 2017, while and still worked at the White House
Steve Bannon, according to author Ira Rosen, began a covert campaign to oust President Donald Trump (pictured) during the 25th Amendment because the president lacked a wide range of attention, no read it and no longer listens’
Former ’60 Minutes’ producer Ira Rosen’s new book says that Steve Bannon, while still working at the White House, was pushing for President Donald Trump to be ousted. retired during the 25th Amendment. Rosen also said Bannon had goals of his own
The book that featured ’60 Minutes’ Ira Rosen was released on Tuesday. There are stories about Steve Bannon and Donald Trump
Rosen’s book was published Tuesday.
Bannon denied the journalist’s account of his live show War Room on Tuesday night.
‘This is another narrator who is trying to be a grifter and – complete, total fantasy,’ Bannon said.
Bannon suggested that the 25th Change of Chat was among those in Trump’s orbit.
‘If you want to find out who said about the 25th Amendment go and talk to’ anonymous’ and talk about John Kelly and talk to Jim Mattis and talk to cabinet members, Stephen K. Bannon did not speak ever to a cabinet member or her White House staff member, ever, or this man, ever, after the three-hour interview, ‘he said of Rosen, referring to the sit-down with ‘60 Minutes ’which he made in September 2017 after leaving the administration.
Bannon also referred to himself in the third person when he spoke of his strong support for Trump.
‘There is no one in this country who has supported President Trump better, harder, than Stephen K. Bannon,’ he said.
Rosen writes that the president told Bannon to ‘they lacked a range of attention, did not read and no longer listens. He said Trump repeats a lot, telling the same story minutes after he told it before. ‘
In the text of the book, Rosen included a text message sent to him by Bannon.
‘You have to do the 25th piece of change … BTW’s brother I’ll never steer wrong,’ he said.
And it revealed details of Bannon’s design.
‘He cited a Sunday prayer service attended by some cabinet officials, along with Vice President Pence, as a place where the conspiracy to oust Trump could begin,’ Rosen recalled.
The vice president and a majority of the cabinet are needed to declare the president unfit for office, according to the 25th Amendment.
Bannon also spoke to the home of Republican landlord Robert Mercer and tried to get him to join the effort, Rosen said.
Instead, it was Bannon the Mercers who was cut off.
In a program of the Skullduggery podcast, Rosen goes into more detail about Bannon’s motivations.
He explained to guests Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman that Trump was ‘kind of turning on Bannon’ after Bannon appeared on the cover of Time magazine in February 2017, just weeks into the new administration.
‘And Bannon realized that Trump was repeating the same stories over and over again,’ Rosen said. ‘And Bannon kept saying this and wanted to do something about it.’
‘Now the secret is that Bannon crazily thought he could be president,’ Rosen continued. ‘He would have been very happy to see Trump disappear from the scenes, either through the 25th Amendment, resigning to whatever it was and he would step in and filling the gap. And the healthy behavior of Trump supporters. ‘
‘But he was lying about it,’ Rosen said.
Bannon left the White House in August 2017 and sat down with ‘60 Minutes, ’the product of Rosen’s year-long relationship with the political strategist, in September 2017.
Bannon remained publicly supporting Trump in the interview.
‘But the fact that Bannon tried to build support to oust Trump, after he became a top White House adviser, was surprising,’ Rosen said in his book.
Vanity Fair’s October 2017 story that describes Trump as ‘increasingly unfocused and consumed with dark feelings’ according to what Rosen said Bannon was pushing as a statement.
In the story Bannon warned Trump that he should be more afraid of being removed during the 25th Amendment than by impeachment. Sources told Gabriel Sherman at Vanity Fair when Bannon brought this up with Vice President Trump saying, ‘What’s that?’
A ‘source’ also told the Sherman that Bannon believed Trump only had a 30 percent change in making it through his first term.
Sherman used a blind quota in the story from a Trump adviser who expressed relief that the president decided not to sit down with a ‘60 Minutes ’fall.
‘He’s lost a step. They don’t want him to do hostile interviews on TV, ‘the councilor has said.
In the past few months, Bannon has stepped back into the role of adviser for Trump – and was pardoned at the last minute after he was accused of deceiving Trump supporters over a scheme to build part of the U.S.-Mexico border wall.
A spokesperson for Bannon did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com’s request for comment.