Steve Bannon, President Trump’s chief strategist, granted a series of interviews over the past two days in order to “take a bullet” for a president under fire by his critics, a source close to the White House said on Thursday.

“Steve did something that almost no one else in the West Wing would consider doing,” the source told the Washington Examiner. “He had someone fire live ammunition at him to draw attention away from POTUS. You have to respect that.”

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