Steve Bannon told Epstein Trump was 'beyond borderline' and unfit for office: file

Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former White House chief strategist, accused the president in 2018 of being “beyond borderline” and fit to be removed from office under the 25th Amendment, a newly released text exchange with Jeffrey Epstein has revealed.

“He is really borderline,” Epstein wrote to Bannon on Dec. 31, 2018, referring to Trump.

Bannon not only agreed with Epstein’s assessment of Trump, but took his own take of the president's fitness further, suggesting he was fit for removal from office under the 25th Amendment, which allows for Congress to remove a president should they be “unable to discharge the powers and duties of [their] office.”

“I think it's beyond borderline -- 25 amendment,” Bannon responded.

A leader of the MAGA movement, Bannon has been among Trump’s most loyal supporters, and despite being fired from the first Trump administration. In the years since, he’s fiercely defended Trump on his “War Room” podcast, and has openly supported Trump for a third presidential run, and in spite of the Constitution strictly forbidding it.

The text exchange was released Friday as part of the Justice Department’s publication of around 3.5 million Epstein files, of which journalists and analysts continue to scour through. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, however, revealed Sunday that some 2.5 million Epstein documents still in the possession of the DOJ would not be released.

Previous releases of Epstein files from the DOJ have revealed that Bannon maintained a close and personal relationship with Epstein, with Epstein revealed to have coached Bannon on how to defend Trump. Bannon was also revealed to have worked to help rehabilitate Epstein’s public image in the wake of his 2008 conviction on child prostitution.