Bannon knew precisely what he would say to Trump if the meeting came through: “If you get your fucking relatives and Parscale out of there, I will run the fucking campaign. No promises after that.” Hearing Bannon’s conditional assent to the notion of a visit, Trump seemed on the verge of inviting him. “I’m going to call him,” he told a friend in New York. But then, to the same friend, he immediately said: “Jared’s hearing bad stuff about him.” Later, he debated the issue with Hannity. Should I call him? he asked. In the end, the call never came. Bannon understood that Trump was incapable of
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