In October 2016, former President Donald Trump introduced David Pecker to his former political adviser Steve Bannon, with the intention of fostering collaboration among them. Pecker, the CEO of American Media Inc., revealed that Trump expressed his belief in their potential to work effectively together.
Pecker further disclosed that he personally dispatched a box containing magazine issues featuring negative headlines about Trump's opponents, notably Hillary Clinton, to Bannon. This gesture underscores the strategic alignment between Pecker's media publications and Bannon's political strategies during the 2016 presidential campaign.