Steve Bannon, the White House's top political strategist, is showing no signs of changing how the Trump administration engages the national media, even as the president's team is finding itself increasingly defending itself from the press.

In a new interview, Bannon said the media remain exceptionally hostile toward this White House, but that it doesn't matter.

"The opposition party is completely focused on trying to destroy Trump and his administration," Bannon told CNN. "It's not going to happen."

When asked if he would like to see the White House's relationship with the press improve, Bannon said, "I could care less."

Bannon memorably told the New York Times that the Trump administration viewed the press as "the opposition party," a phrase Trump has repeated on his own.

The White House is currently under intense media scrutiny following the resignation of now-former national security adviser Mike Flynn.

Flynn resigned Monday night after reports said that despite earlier denials, he had in fact been in touch with Russian officials to discuss sanctions placed on the Kremlin by the Obama administration. Flynn said Tuesday that he didn't discuss anything of substance, but the White House said his actions eroded the trust President Trump had in Flynn.