Steve Bannon issued a Warning to Donald Trump

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Former President Donald Trump has received a stern warning over what to add to his leadership team from his one-time adviser, Steve Bannon.

Trump recently announced that he will launch his presidential campaign staff in South Carolina, a key early primary state, on Tuesday with a special event in Columbia. Among those expected to appear at the event are the state’s Republican Governor Henry McMaster, who has already spoken in support of Trump’s 2024 bid, and Senator Lindsey Graham, who is expected to endorse him soon, according to the Washington Post.

The late addition to the event appeared to raise alarms among Trump’s former advisers, as Bannon took to his War Room program on the conservative news network, Real America’s Voice, to denounce the Senator as a “snake” and persuade the former president against having him around.

Bannon slams Trump adding Lindsey Graham to his leadership team and doing SC rally with him this week: I have no earthly idea why he’s around Trump. He is a cancer. The Trumps should be warned. There is nothing good about having McConnells mini-me, the snake, around you. pic.twitter.com/SFUUKwHOsn

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 22, 2023

“I have no earthly idea why [Graham’s] around [former] President Trump,” Bannon said. “He’s a cancer. He is a cancer, that metastasizes. President Trump needs to be warned. Nothing good comes from existence [Senate Minority Leader] Mitch McConnell’s mini-me, the snake, Lindsey Graham around you.”

Graham’s support is expected to be significant for Trump in South Carolina, where two Republican lawmakers, Senator Tim Scott and former Governor Nikki Haley, are considering a 2024 run against him.

“Nikki Haley is probably our first South Carolinian since we voted for George Washington who actually had a chance to be president of the United States,” former South Carolina GOP chair Katon Dawson told the Post. “And I think Trump’s people are going to run with that history.”

Above, a photo of former President Donald Trump with Senator Lindsey Graham. Steve Bannon warned Trump against siding with Graham, who is expected to endorse his 2024 presidential run. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

This latest attack is far from the first time Bannon has gone after Graham for allegedly failing to adequately support Trump. In January of last year, Bannon accused Graham of being among a group of five Republicans who secretly agreed to support parts of President Joe Biden’s political agenda, while not speaking for fear of losing voter support.

“The five traitors—and these are Republicans and these are the scumbags and mud balls you have here in the nation’s capital… they agree to what [Biden] does and they’re actually going to vote and support him but they’re afraid of, wait for it, the War Room posse,” Bannon said in another War Room broadcast. “They’re afraid they’re going to be primaried… And it’s not about the money, far they are in the trough. The pig is far from the trough.

“We need those five senators to have the courage to step up, we’re going to find out who you are. Have the courage to step up and tell us, Lindsey Graham, who you are. You five, we need We want you to step up to the plate, Lindsey Graham, and tell us who you are.”

Newsweek has reached out to the offices of Trump and Graham for comment.

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