Steve Bannon: Trump administration’s ‘original sin’ was embracing the establishment

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Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said the Trump administration’s biggest mistake came early on when they dropped their “drain the swamp” attitude for the sake of simply forming a government.

“In the 48 hours after we won, there’s a fundamental decision that was made,” Bannon said to Charlie Rose in a “60 Minutes” interview. “You might call it the original sin of the administration. We embraced the establishment. I mean, we totally embraced the establishment.”

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