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President Trump has re-branded estranged former adviser Steve Bannon as 'Sloppy Steve'
The vicious nickname will be part of history along with 'Lyin’ Ted' Cruz, 'Liddle Marco' Rubio, 'Cryin’ Chuck' Schumer and 'Rocket Man' Kim Jong-Un
The often unshaven Bannon is known for dressing 'like an unmade bed,' according to a close associate, wearing layered polos and army fatigues
Trump cemented the newest sobriquet after financiers Robert and Rebekah Mercer cut Bannon off and stopped funding his political exploits

By David Martosko, Us Political Editor For Dailymail.com

Published: 11:41 EST, 5 January 2018 | Updated: 16:38 EST, 5 January 2018

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Former Trump strategist and campaign CEO Steve Bannon joined an exclusive club Thursday night, earning a derogatory nickname from Donald Trump.

Speaking of 'Fire and Fury' and its author Michael Wolff, the president tweeted that the political gossip tome is 'full of lies, misrepresentations and sources that don’t exist.'

'Look at this guy’s past and watch what happens to him and Sloppy Steve!'

Bannon is known for dressing 'like an unmade bed and doesn't care,' a close associate told DailyMail.com on Friday, layering two polos on top of each other. He eschewed suits and other business attire outside the White House when he worked for the president.

Wolff describes Bannon's typical attire as a 'disheveled blazer' and 'signature pairing of two shirts and military fatigues.'

President Donald Trump has re-branded his estranged former adviser Steve Bannon as 'Sloppy Steve'

Bannon is often unshaven and typically wears army fatigues instead of suits

The former White House chief strategist dresses 'like an unmade bed,' a close associate told DailyMail.com on Friday, 'and doesn't care'

The president has firmly decided on a nasty nickname for Bannon, tweeting twice already about 'Sloppy Steve'

Trump famously labeled his presidential rivals with vicious nicknames.

Sen. Ted Cruz became 'Lyin’ Ted'; the low-statured Sen. Marco Rubio was 'Liddle Marco'; Hillary Clinton became 'Crooked Hillary' as the then-candidate harped on her classified email scandal.

Trump has repeatedly called Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a liberal Democrat, 'Pocahontas,' a dig at her unproven claim to have American Indian ancestry.

And after a choked-up Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wept while slamming Trump's travel ban in 2017, the president stamped him as 'Cryin’ Chuck.'

More recently, the president has rebranded North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un as 'Rocket Man' over his nuclear ambitions, using the insult during speeches to the United Nations and South Korea's national assembly.

Recipients of the Trump nickname treatment during the 2016 Republican presidential primary season included (L-R) 'Lyin’ Ted' Cruz, 'Liddle Marco' Rubio and 'Low-energy Jeb' Bush

(clockwise from top left) Trump called Hillary Clinton 'Crooked Hillary' because of her classified email scandal and coined 'Crazy Bernie' to describe Bernie Sanders' democratic socialism; he mocked Chuck Schumer as 'Cryin’ Chuck' after a weepy press conference, and has ridiculed Elizabeth Warren as 'Pocahontas' because she claims to be part American Indian

Trump cemented the newest sobriquet after financiers Robert and Rebekah Mercer cut Bannon off and stopped funding his political exploits

'Bekah' Mercer is also a part owner of Breitbart News, the conservative website where Bannon serves as executive chairman and de facto executive editor.

'The Mercer Family recently dumped the leaker known as Sloppy Steve Bannon. Smart!' Trump tweeted.

'I support President Trump and the platform upon which he was elected,' Mercer said Thursday in a statement.

'My family and I have not communicated with Steve Bannon in many months and have provided no financial support to his political agenda, nor do we support his recent actions and statements.'

The Mercers were principally driven away after Republican Roy Moore, whom Bannon backed, lost a U.S. Senate seat in the deep-red state of Alabama.

Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah, prominent conservative donors, have cut off Bannon and won't contribute to any more of his political exploits

Bannon, shown stumping for failed Alabama U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore last month, is generally a stranger to business attire

But Wolff's book may have been the final straw for the conservative donors, who initially back Ted Cruz's White House candidacy but put $5 million into Trump's campaign when the political winds shifted.

With the publication of Wolff's book, Bannon has been recast as a serial leaker, among the most active dirt-disher in the Trump White House's early months.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said this week that 'close to 95 per cent' of Wolff's interactions with presidential aides came about because Bannon asked for them.

ALL THE PRESIDENT'S NICKNAMES

Donald Trump has re-branded his enemies with a wide range of nicknames that date from the earliest days of the Republican primary season. Here's the complete list:

Sloppy Steve – former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon
Dumb as a Rock Mika – 'Morning Joe' co-host Mika Brzezinski
Low-energy Jeb – presidential candidate Jeb Bush
Crooked Hillary, Lyin' Hillary, Heartless Hillary – presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
Clinton News Network – CNN
Leakin' James Comey – former FBI Director James Comey
Liddle Bob Corker – U.S. Senator Bob Corker
Lyin' Ted – presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz
Deface The Nation – CBS program 'Face The Nation'
Jeff Flakey – U.S. Senator Jeff Flake
Al Frankenstein – U.S. Senator Al Franken
Puppet Jones – U.S. Senator Doug Jones
1-for-38– presidential candidate and Ohio Gov. John Kasich
Crazy Megyn – NBC host Megyn Kelly
Failing New York Times – The New York Times
Rocket Man – North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un
Liddle Marco – presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio
Crazy Bernie – presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders
Psycho Joe – 'Morning Joe' co-host Joe Scarborough
Cryin' Chuck – Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
Little George – ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos
Dopey Prince – Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal
Sleepy Eyes – 'Meet the Press' moderator Chuck Todd
Little Katy – MSNBC host Katy Tur
Goofy Elizabeth, Pocahontas – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren
Wacky Congresswoman Wilson – U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson