WASHINGTON, D.C.: Former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon on Sunday (Monday in Manila) sought to back away from incendiary remarks quoted in an explosive new book that have landed him in hot water with the president he helped elect.

Bannon has found himself in dire straits since excerpts of Paul Wolff’s “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House”—an explosive behind-the-scenes account that questions the president’s fitness for office—were first published on Wednesday.

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