Seems that the President is 100% correct in using 'has' - meaning the present, and not 'had' - meaning the past.
That's a valid point. Let's continue to parse his words then and see if my overall point of him trying to desperately distance himself from Bannon holds ground.
"When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind"
I seem to recall the divorce was somewhat amicable, that Trump praised and thanked Bannon. Bannon said from that point forward he was going to support the president's agenda 'from the outside' and that he fully believed in Trump. So at this point, he had already lost his mind, according to Trump?
"Steve was a staffer that worked for me..."
Bannon was the head of his campaign for four months through the election, then served as Chief Stategist in the WH. Who characterizes the lead man of their campaign as a 'staffer?'
"Steve had very little to do with our historic victory."
Bannon as head of Breitbart and hero to the alt right got fully behind Trump's candidacy and spurned the America First movement that eventually helped Trump get elected. Saying 'Steve had very little to do with our victory' is pure revisionist history.
"Yet Steve had everything to do with the loss of the Senate seat in Alabama."
Sure, just as much as Trump did, who endorsed and campaigned for Roy Moore all the way up until the election. Classic blame game /pointing fingers scenario.
"Steve doesn't represent my base."
Again, who represents 'the base' presumably the Alt Right movement? Who the **** knows? But to diminsh Bannon's role in that is disingenuous at best.
"He spent his time at the White House leaking false information to the media."
WTF? He was your Chief Stategist and a member of the US National Security Council for seven ******* months! How in the world would you allow someone like that to 'spend his time' leaking false information to the media?'
"Steve was rarely in a one-on-one meeting with me."
Why even say something like that? Who in their right mind believes Trump didn't have indepth, intimate conversations with a man who was running his presidential campaign then served as his Chief Stategist for seven months?