OH DEAR, HERE COME THE REGRETS – AT 2:22 P.M. ET:   Steve Bannon apparently realizes he's now officially damaged goods.  From Mediaite: 

Last week, Breitbart chief and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon became THE focus of political media when excerpts from Michael Wolff’s Trump tell-all were published. Among the many explosive remarks attributed to Bannon was his declaration that Donald Trump Jr’s 2016 Trump Tower meeting with a Russian lawyer was “treasonous.”

Needless to say, the president has not taken kindly to the book or Bannon’s comments, labeling Bannon “Sloppy Steve,” claiming his ex-advisor has “lost his mind” and stating that he is totally done with him. Meanwhile, Bannon has largely stayed quiet about the whole thing. Today ended that silence.

Bannon told Axios on Sunday that he was sorry for his comments about the president’s son.

“I regret that my delay in responding to the inaccurate reporting regarding Don Jr has diverted attention from the president’s historical accomplishments in the first year of his presidency,” the statement to Axios said.

He also heaped praise upon Trump Jr., calling him “both a patriot and a good man,” adding that the Trump scion “has been relentless in his advocacy for his father and the agenda that has helped turn our country around.”

Bannon further noted his comments “were aimed at Paul Manafort,” stating that Manafort “should have known [the Russians] are duplicitous, cunning and not our friends.”

COMMENT:   Well, I don't know how much good this will do Bannon.  I think, unless political conditions change, he will now become an asterisk in history. 

There is an old line in history, which you've all heard:  "If you strike at the king, you must kill him."  Bannon struck, and the king is still there.  Bannon's phone has probably stopped ringing.

January 7, 2018