Trump: ‘I understand fully how Steve Bannon feels’ about GOP

President Trump on Monday sympathized with his former chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, who has launched a self-described “war” on the Republican establishment.

“There are some Republicans, frankly, that should ashamed of themselves,” Trump told reporters during a Cabinet meeting. “So I can understand fully how Steve Bannon feels.”

Bannon has promised to back primary challenges against any Senate Republican who opposes Trump.

Bannon touted his push over the weekend at a Christian conservative summit. He spoke two days before Trump’s Monday meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

The top GOP senator has long been a target of conservative activists, as well as Trump, and Bannon has once again put a target on his back.

“Yeah, Mitch, the donors are not happy,” Bannon said at the Values Voter Summit. “They’ve all left ya. We’ve cut your oxygen off, Mitch, OK?”