Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon once called President Trump Donald John TrumpHR McMaster says president's policy to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is 'unwise' Cast of 'Parks and Rec' reunite for virtual town hall to address Wisconsin voters Biden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response MORE a “narcissist” in the months before joining his presidential campaign in 2016, according to a new report.

Emails exchanged among multiple Breitbart News employees obtained by BuzzFeed News show Bannon saying he was “totally indifferent” about Trump winning the 2016 Iowa Republican caucuses.

"I'm totally indifferent. I'm darwinian...he who wins, wins,” Bannon said in response to an email from former Breitbart tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos and Breitbart editor-in-chief Alex Marlow containing a draft of a story titled “How Trump Can Win Iowa.”

Later that week, Yiannopoulos revived the email thread by sending a video of Trump talking about his relationship with God.

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"He NEVER asks for forgiveness!!!" Bannon wrote back, according to the emails obtained by BuzzFeed. "It's a joke having him discuss god."

Breitbart Washington editor Matthew Boyle then replied to the thread, saying Trump “can’t do anything wrong, at least in his mind.”

"Trump is a genius at showing absolutely no weakness whatsoever and projecting macho man confidence,” Boyle wrote. “He is a giant walking, living, breathing self-fulfilling prophecy."

“Narcissist,” Bannon replied.

The newly revealed emails come after Trump on Wednesday issued a blistering statement on Bannon, saying he had “lost his mind” after leaving the White House and claiming he had “no influence” on Trump.

“Steve Bannon Stephen (Steve) Kevin BannonJuan Williams: Swamp creature at the White House Engineers say privately funded border wall is poorly constructed and set to fail: report Bannon and Maxwell cases display DOJ press strategy chutzpah MORE has nothing to do with me or my presidency,” Trump said in the statement. “When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind.”



Trump also blasted Bannon’s political abilities in the statement, saying he had “everything to do with the loss of a Senate seat in Alabama” and saying Bannon “doesn’t represent my base - he’s only in it for himself.”

Earlier Wednesday, excerpts from Michael Wolff’s new book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” were leaked that quoted Bannon describing a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower between Donald Trump Jr. Don John Trump'Tiger King' star Joe Exotic requests pardon from Trump: 'Be my hero please' Zaid Jilani discusses Trump's move to cancel racial sensitivity training at federal agencies Trump International Hotel in Vancouver closes permanently MORE, two other top Trump campaign officials and a Russian lawyer as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic.”

"They're going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV," Bannon reportedly said.

Bannon left his role in the Trump administration in August and returned to his position as executive chairman at Breitbart.