Trump drops hammer on Bannon

Plus: Trump's new low No Images? Click here         Donald Trump Responds To Steve Bannon Bombshell: ‘He Lost His Mind’ President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered a fiery response to bombshell reports that Steve Bannon, his former chief strategist, had accused the president of meeting with Russian operatives after Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with them at Trump Tower in June 2016. “Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my Presidency,” Trump said Wednesday in a statement. “When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind.” The statement continued: “Now that he is on his own, Steve is learning that winning isn’t as easy as I make it look.” Bannon was quoted by author Michael Wolff ― whose tell-all book about the White House is set for release on Jan. 9 ― as saying there was “zero” chance Trump didn’t know about his eldest son and son-in-law Jared Kushner meeting with Russian operatives. Bannon also called the meeting “treasonous” and “bad shit.” READ MORE     WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING? Just days into the new year, Trump hit a new low, sending off a barrage of missives with far-reaching international and domestic implications. READ MORE Paul Manafort sued special counsel Robert Mueller and the DOJ over the probe into alleged collusion between the Russian government and the Trump presidential campaign. Trump’s former campaign chairman alleges the investigation has “diverged from its focus.” READ MORE The DOJ wants a citizenship question on the Census. That could blow up the whole survey. Experts already concerned about census response rates say the query would cause even fewer people to respond. READ MORE    .     ICYMI Trump on Tuesday took credit for a worldwide lack of commercial airline crashes last year. In the process, he may have offered inadvertent comfort to a foreign policy world nervously watching his pronouncements on global hot spots.   Net neutrality supporters launched a new campaign to reverse the unpopular FCC decision. Fight for the Future presents lawmakers with two options: Bring back net neutrality or lose their jobs.   New York City crime hit a historic low, defying dire predictions about the end of stop and frisk. The falling crime rate has led some defenders of the controversial policy to admit they were wrong.    . Want more?  Tweeters Ridicule Donald Trump For Bragging About Size Of His ‘Nuclear Button’ Some Trump Supporters Think Mueller’s Grand Jury Has Too Many Black People Trump Jokes About ‘Fake’ Media Awards, But Twitter Was The Real Winner     How will Trump’s administration impact you? Sign up for our email and find out. Did a friend send you this? Subscribe here. Like what you see? Share it. Want more? Here are two other newsletters you'll love: The Morning Email and Must Reads. ©2018 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe    . - - Preferences  |  Unsubscribe