White House Concedes That Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller Wrote Much of Trump’s Speech
Earlier this week, it was reported that President Donald Trump wrote his inauguration speech himself, with CNN stating that two Trump transition officials told them he had written the draft. The report further noted that the president told historian Douglas Brinkley last month that he was writing the address.
Trump would also post an image on social media of him purportedly working on the speech while at Mar-a-Lago weeks ago.
Writing my inaugural address at the Winter White House, Mar-a-Lago, three weeks ago. Looking forward to Friday. #Inauguration pic.twitter.com/S701FdTCQu
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 18, 2017
Well, it appears that Trump wasn’t telling the full truth, per a White House official.
As reported by the Wall Street Journal last night, advisers Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon were responsible for much of the speech.
Much of the speech was written by Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon, two of Mr. Trump’s top advisers, a White House official said.
“I don’t think we’ve had a speech like that since Andrew Jackson came to the White House,” said Mr. Bannon, Mr. Trump’s chief strategist and senior counselor. “It’s got a deep, deep root of patriotism.”
During the campaign and after winning the election in November, Miller had been largely responsible for many of Trump’s prepared speeches. In fact, it had also been reported last month by Politico that Miller would be the one responsible for writing the inaugural address.
[image via screengrab]
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