Steve Bannon on "Face the Nation" expects 2019 to be "the most vitriolic year" since the Civil War

With the forthcoming publication of the special advocate Robert Mueller final report, probes in process by prosecutors in the southern district of New York Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon predicts that 2019 will be a "vitriolic" and "nasty" year in American politics.

"I think 2019 will be the most vitriolized year of American politics since before the American Civil War," Bannon said in an interview with CBS News correspondent Seth Doane on Saturday. "And I included Vietnam in that. I think we're in, I think we're in a very nasty 2019."

Bannon, who helped the president win an unexpected success during the White House election campaign during the 2016 election campaign, said the president would be subject to heightened scrutiny this year, from the share of federal investigators and Democrats seeking to prevent his reelection.

"I think the next 90 days to four months are going to be a real meat grinder … I mean, the pressure on the president comes from many different angles," he said, adding later: "I think you already have what the Democrats have seen, some of the reports that they have tabled here without telling anyone.I think now that they control the House, they can use this weapon, they could use the Mueller report. "

Bannon added that he also expected the president to face the main challenges of centrist and moderate Republicans. Some renowned Republicans, including The popular governor of Maryland, Larry Hogan, plan to campaign against the insurgents against the outgoing president.

Nevertheless, Bannon said that Mr. Trump will be "in a much harder position" because of the political challenges that he hopes to besiege the White House in the coming months.

After being expelled from the administration in the summer of 2017 by former White House chief of staff, John Kelly, who would have influenced Trump's decision to denounce "many sides" for the murderous gathering of Charlottesville by white supremacists – Bannon has advocated far-right political campaigns in the United States and Europe.