Update: from Reuters: BANNON HAS BEEN FIRED FROM HIS WHITE HOUSE POST -PERSON FAMILIAR WITH THE DECISION
As the Post writes, while Bannon had been on the outs with Trump before, the president suspected Bannon was one of the main leakers in the administration, trashing his colleagues in the press.
The notoriously thin-skinned president also resented the publicity Bannon had been getting as the supposed mastermind of Trump’s campaign and upset victory. One White House source told Axios, “His departure may seem turbulent in the media, but inside it will be very smooth. He has no projects or responsibilities to hand off.”
Bannon in recent days gave interviews to publications including the New York Times in which he defended Trump’s controversial comments in the wake of the racial violence in Charlottesville, Va., last weekend.
Speaking to the Post, a source close to Bannon added: “This week is a good window into what Bannon outside the [White House] would look like: A strong defense of POTUS and ‘fire and fury’ for enemies of the Trump agenda. Get ready for Bannon the barbarian.”
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The final nails were just hammered into the coffin of Steve Bannon’s White House stay.
After earlier headlines that a decision is imminent, none other than Matt Drudge has taken to his personal Twitter account – a very unusual act – to seemingly bid Bannon farewell…
The Durdge Report reports:
- SENIOR ADVISOR MOVING ON AFTER IMPRESSIVE RUN, THE DRUDGE REPORT HAS LEARNED…
- POPULIST HERO MAY RETURN TO BREITBART…
The New York Times, which promptly followed, reports that while Bannon submitted his resignation on August 7, there is still a chance that Trump could reverse course and “keep Bannon”
President Trump has told senior aides that he has decided to remove Stephen K. Bannon, the embattled White House chief strategist who helped Mr. Trump win the 2016 election, according to two administration officials briefed on the discussion.
The president and senior White House officials were debating when and how to dismiss Mr. Bannon. The two administration officials cautioned that Mr. Trump is known to be averse to confrontation within his inner circle, and could decide to keep on Mr. Bannon for some time.
As of Friday morning, the two men were still discussing Mr. Bannon’s future, the officials said. A person close to Mr. Bannon insisted the parting of ways was his idea, and that he had submitted his resignation to the president on Aug. 7, to be announced at the start of this week, but it was delayed in the wake of the racial unrest in Charlottesville, Va.
Bannon’s termination follows Bannon’s “off the record” Wednesday interview with the progressive publication The American Prospect. In it, Bannon mockingly played down the American military threat to North Korea as nonsensical: “Until somebody solves the part of the equation that shows me that ten million people in Seoul don’t die in the first 30 minutes from conventional weapons, I don’t know what you’re talking about, there’s no military solution here, they got us.”
He also bad-mouthed his colleagues in the Trump administration, vowed to oust a female diplomat at the State Department and mocked officials as “wetting themselves” over the consequences of radically changing trade policy.
Of the far right, he said, “These guys are a collection of clowns,” and he called it a “fringe element” of “losers.” “We gotta help crush it,” he said in the interview.
While Bannon was instrumental in getting Trump elected, their alliance ruptured as Trump elevated the roles of Gary D. Cohn, his top economic policy adviser and a former official at Goldman Sachs, and Dina Powell, a former Bush administration official who also worked on Wall Street. Cohn is a registered Democrat, and both he and Ms. Powell have been denounced by conservative media outlets as being antithetical to Trump’s populist message.
Cohn is a registered Democrat, and both he and Ms. Powell have been denounced by conservative media outlets as being antithetical to Mr. Trump’s populist message.
And so, Goldman wins again, or as Breitbart will put it: Globalist 1 – 0 Nationalist.
Markets love it, with the Dow reversing all of its earlier losses, up 32 at last check.
What happens next is unknown but as Axios said earlier, once freed from the White House, one Bannon friend warned: “Get ready for Bannon the barbarian.”
This is gasoline to a fire for BL.
I now have a different opinion of Trump – he is a dumb fuck.
But, I could be wrong.
Now? Man I’ve been telling you that since the balding twat was elected.
yeah, it would be a lot better is Hilry was elected, right ? Fool
Ozum – the twat stuck in left-right, rep-dem duality!
I always did like camp fires. Nice video.
So more american blood down the drain in Afghanistan and more war profits for the NeoRats and their puppeteers.
I can’t wait to hear Trump again talk about ‘his’ generals.
Trump is close to being removed from office.
I suppose you will be much happier then.
Actually I don’t expect him to make it to Christmas and I don’t give a shit.
I have supported Trump through thick and thin. That ends today. America is finished. He had me fooled and he has fucked all of us. Thank God I have property overseas. I thought there might be a final battle for America. No, it will go out with a whimper . Liquidate now. Want a quiet life with none of this crap? Cartagena, Colombia, Asuncion, Paraguay, Montevideo, Uruguay, Salta, Argentina, Chile. Think about it.
“I have supported Trump through thick and thin. That ends today. America is finished. He had me fooled and he has fucked all of us”
Have been trying to tell you that since the twat was elected – my comments were deleted.
“Today’s ceremony, however, has very special meaning because today we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another – but transferring it from Washington DC and giving it back to you the people. For too long a small group in our nation’s capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have borne the cost.”
You suckers believed that shit.
catfish — I HIGHLY doubt Admin deleted your comments.
Viagra also cures paranoia. So, stiffen up and try some.
Yeah you HIGHLY doubted Trump was a twat, but that doesn’t change the facts.
Go ask Admin – ask him yourself asshole – see if he lies to you!
Keeping wearing those spectacles and of course, keep taking your blue pills.
The red ones are definately not for you!
Southern – NZ and Oz have nice hidey holes, too. But far more expensive than the ones you mention. But they do speak English, of a sort.
Think about it carefully. I thought about it and did it 13 years ago, but I’m bilingual (Eng/Span) and without at least a reasonable fluency in Spanish, it will not prove easy. That said, life down here isn’t half bad for someone with patience. The US is fast becoming a re-run of what happened down here in the mid-70s.
As for what Steve Bannon’s next steps would be, Axios reports that it “will be all about the billionaire Mercer family.”
I’m told Bannon, who visited New York this week, met with Bob Mercer and together they will be a well-funded force on the outside.
Bannon has felt liberated since it became clear he was being pushed out, according to friends. He’s told associates he has a “killing machine” in Breitbart News, and it’s possible he returns to lead their editorial operation.
A source familiar with Breitbart’s operations told me they would go “thermonuclear” against “globalists” that Bannon and his friends believe are ruining the Trump administration, and by extension, America.
Watch for Breitbart’s Washington Editor Matt Boyle to be a central figure in this war — which has already begun — against White House officials like HR McMaster, Dina Powell, Gary Cohn, and Jared and Ivanka.
Then again, Trump may be spared. As Politico’s Robert Costa tweets, “One theme I’m picking up: Bannon believes next battle is *not* w/ Trump but w/ Kushner/Cohn/Dina/HR McMaster. “Save Trump,” as one R put it.”
Kelly is still there; but once she goes, the takeover is complete.
I thought there was a slim chance to turn things around, but I am
pretty sure we are heading for a civil war!
The entire Washington establishment, Demos and Repubs, CIA,FBI
are staging a not so soft coup. I think they are winning.
The Donald will be impeached and removed from office!
God help America!
A source close to Bannon : “Democrats have seized control of the White House. Kelly, HR, Gary, Jared & Ivanka are all Democrats.”
Admin
And let’s not forget that Trump for most of his life, I believe, was himself a Democrat …. or, at least tilted heavily that way.
The only saving grace is that 30 years ago the average Democrat was more conservative than today’s RINO. Trump is probably more like a Scoop Jackson Democrat. There are of course none of those left except maybe Joe Mancin. JMHO
Leaking in any form is counter-productive. It does not solve the perceived problem it makes the situation worse. Work within the system to correct the problem, do not second guess the system. You lose and so do your fellow travelers.
The swamp can’t be drained. Washington and our government has become so dysfunctional that Trump can’t get his administration in their positions, all of his agenda has been blocked by intentional gridlock from the Congress and Senate, and the media has launched a PR attack against Trump that’s so vicious it has destroyed his presidency.
I take Bannon’s resignation/firing as a cue the government is defunct.
I can see this being pursued so that Bannon can start unleashing the information that Breitbart was originally referring to when talking about Podesta the Molesta, without it being overtly tied directly to Trump.
“Don’t look at me, he was at odds with my administration… YOU deal with what he’s revealing about you and all the legal consequences that will be raining down like fire upon your lies.”
That theory is sweet.
I definitely believe right now Bannon has been unleashed, not sacked.
I’m so sick of this shit .Bannon wasn’t innocent but he would have done his best to keep us out of another war.
I see even Southern Saga is now going to abandon us or America.Run to South America so you can have a quiet life.Men like you make me sick to my stomach.I could understand The Injun running off to Australia.He an Injun.No loyalties to the nation that gave him opportunity but you should/ be a better man.Good God Damn Riddance.
Short term thinkers and terrible tacticians who can’t see how a Bannon outside of the White House can be a very powerful weapon to wield. How many times do they have to throw their arms up “That’s it… THIS TIME he’s done!!!!” only to be proven wrong waiting for the next critical mistake.
Did people think changing the course of the narrative of the nation and the culture was going to look *pretty*? That it would always make sense on the surface? Look at the things being talked about openly in the mainstream now that were previously relegated to hushed whispers in corners of the internet and homes.
Seriously, go back just one year ago, and especially two, and look at what is on the table now. It got there because some people have been willing to get in there and start unclogging some of the sewage. It’s going to be messy.
You mean like the way Trump severed his relationship with the “unsavory” Roger Stone right before entering the race? Very possible.
Good God, someone on this site is finally making some SENSE! Bannon is far more powerful outside the WH, as long as he doesn’t sell out. He was right to come out and call the white nationalists “clowns.” What he really needs to do is focus on the fact that ALL Americans — every Black, White, Hispanic, Gay, Old, Young, Whatever — want to throw out the current Establishment and replacing it with something that works. Or at least, isn’t corrupt.
I say, watch Mr. Bannon. If he’s a 4T guy like we think he is, he’ll use his foresight to reshape history.
bb
You’ve been posting some good stuff for a while now. Congrats.
But, you TOTALLY FAIL with this one.
Your utter and total disrespect for Llpoh is unacalled for. Not talking about the “Injun” comment. I’m talking about your completely baseless and, frankly, condescending conclusion that he was/is disloyal. BULLSHIT!!
Were my parents, and millions of other legal immigrants, to this country somehow disloyal to the country they left behind?? No!!! Each family has their own reason for making what is often a difficult and heartbreaking decision. Who the fuck are you to judge over them??
You owe Llpoh an apology. Seriously. Be a man and do the right thing.
Thanks Stuck. Unfortunately, in my opinion, TBP sure as hell is not what it used to be. It is largely an adjunct to the Daily Stormer these days with respect to many of the posters, lurkers, and contributors. Very few libertarians anymore – if they are around they do not say much.
Glad to see you back. Maybe, somehow, we can resurrect a bit of the past.
” Maybe, somehow, we can resurrect a bit of the past.”
You didn’t preserve it/defend it when you had it.
What is going to happen is some tougher people who aren’t afraid to be called bad names are going to get in there and do the hard work of routing out the communist infiltration and creating a safety bubble again where libertarians can act like this…
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We’ll let you know when it’s safe to come back home.
Good luck with that. What exactly are you going to do? Nothing, that is what.
We’ve been doing what we’re doing, it’s been working, and it’s stressing you out.
Llpoh, I’m a Libertarian. But you’re right, lately I haven’t said much. (Some may appreciate that.) But time is limited and I stay busy. So when I comment, it’s short .
Llpoh and Stucky, if there was any hope of routing out the Alt-Right and returning to a libertarian, thoughtful discussion here, I’d be all for it.
BB, you have a stiletto wit; Southern Saga.
And suggesting that LLPOH has no loyalties to America, lol.
I take it you are feeling better, buddy?
Stucky, take a Viagra and stiffen up, BB has always been a provocateur deflating oversize egos. That was the same appeal of the three stooges and the Marx brothers, they never took stuffy rich folks seriously.
No matter how hard Trump cucks, it will never be enough. The criticism will never end. He doesn’t seem to understand this.
https://extranewsfeed.com/to-our-fellow-jews-in-the-united-states-in-israel-and-around-the-world-ff421a1d325d
The balding womaniser only understands selling his soul to get piece of young totty – they’re getting more expensive the uglier he gets.
fuck.
Bannon’s economic nationalist, “America first” stance was just what Trump needed to get elected, but apparently too much for the “America second” policy of the majority of Trump’s current advisors.
Trump was finished the minute he came out strongly in favor of White nationalism and in support of the Klan and other White supremacist organizations.
Bannon being fired is just icing on the cake, Trump will be removed from office soon now that he has lost almost all of his support.
Goddamn you’re a fucktard and liar. I would challenge you to a duel if it were legal. Maybe some day it will be again.
Please tell me EXACTLY how he tipped you off to his support of white nationalism. Document your work asshole.
I believe a duel with spit balls and McDonald’s straws is still legal, if your man enough to challenge Anonymous. High noon. I hope you let us know so we can witness it.
(((Huffington Post’s))) original headline… Hmmm…
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Its the clueless idealist types. Ron Paul, Judge Nap, Carl Ds of this world.
Free Speech is a luxury not a neccesity. Once the math goes south so will it and guns.
The issue is economic liberty, the only thing that holds this country together.
Yes, the liberty of the non working class to take from the working class.
I think there is some truth to this. Income and wealth inequality will cause much discord. 3rd world status is right around the corner.
Man when I saw the pictures after hurricaine Katrina, I honestly thought the place was in Africa. Hahaha …. third world infrastructure and third world mongrel / nignogs
Perhaps it’s not as bad as it seemed initially. Says he’s going to war for Trump.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-18/bannon-speaks-im-going-war-trump
You shouldn’t post stuff like that.
It doesn’t play well with the anti Trump theme here.
Wait… you cant fire me. I quit, on August 7.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/18/steve-bannon-out-white-house/
People entering Trump’s inner circle should file for unemployment the very same day of their hire.
No one is ever safe. Trump’s initial praises mean nothing. Loyalty means nothing. Continuity be damned. Unity is discarded like rotten fruit.
The Game Of Thrones will base future seasons on the Trump White House shenanigans. Reality trumps fiction here.
#clusterfuckMAGA
We knew he was a snake when we picked him up.
I just looked at who his friends were and who his kids married. Zionist Bankers to the last. In those circles they can’t control who their kids marry??? The nerve of that bastard biting us most enlightened mothas on this planet. I’M Shocked, I’M Shocked!!!!!!
Beam me the hell up Scotty!!!!!!!
Gotta dissapear for a while to get moved. Been fun and thank you beautiful jerks for letting me piss all over this site and for letting me and Bob drive in a few runs with My War. We never thought for a minute in would go Semi-Viral sorta if you go with my version which any elightened individual would. If I get time and energy I may Ask my good friend Bob to help me put something out about this new weaponized medicine gulag.
STUCKSTER!!!. Glad I finally got to meet you for a moment. I see why these arrogant dickheads admire You. As for you arrogant jerkwands quit waiting for Stuck and Admin to slam a 3 run homer for you. We got this new diseased type of needy Sociopaths coming on these sites sucking all the good energy out of us. If you ain’t gonna man up and use those fucking balls to tighten up your fundamentals and quit watching strike 3 go by when all your prima donna asshole had to do was drop a dead roller down and bring in a run. If you ain’t gonna use em I know some bull dykersters who would love to have them and show some of you Manpussies how to make a testosterone laced laser bomb. Quit acting like a bunch of posers pretending to be outraged but powerless to deal out some colostomy bags to these moron sociopaths. It’s not Un-libertarian to to throw these vampires the hell out. It’s not your lifeblood they are sucking. It’s your grandkids you assholes.
EL C. Get off that wounded wetback Sjw horse hockey and use your A game you got in there. You know damn well I’ve come to kinda almost sorta like your wetback ass or I wouldn’t give you a minute.
To any of the oversensitive thin skinned little pricks come on here. Get a window in your stomack so you can see my hairy red wild irish rosebud and ream away. You little cuntwads have awakened my evil twin the Proctologist and I’m now out here roaming around looking for you with a goodly supply of Ass bags to install. If any of you are foolish enough to think I’m kidding you have been badly trolled and are going to die of arrogant stupidity. If you want to be fitted for one right now just email me a [email protected] and let me know where you are. I got money for bus tickets and lots of cheap throw aways to chuck in a storm drain after I do you. My motives are personal but it’ll get done.
Hillary was a far, far better choice, as the former Trump crowd is now finding out.
‘sup jew.
You have no fucking choice Anonymous – you have owners, they own you and your kids.
So they own you too then, right? So what’s your purpose around here? Looks to me like you’re here to discourage, demoralize, and disconnect.
It’s probably a decent gig for those who sold their soul at around 10 I guess.
discourage – demoralise ?
Oh deary me – I am so sorry Anonymous Snowflake, poor little fluffy wuffy.
I’ll start again:
“Trump and the Republicans and Democrats are wonderful and have your best interests at heart. It is a wonderful democracy – the envy of the world – USA is a free Godly nation – wonderful USA – yeah America is the big winner – they kick ass – Trump is gonna fight for us – bring back jobs to Detroit and Philly – The future is wonderful. Free nation”
Feeling better now little baby snowflake?
I appreciate the confirmation.
I’m not in the business of feel good stories, just uncovering motives. Such as outing someone who sold their soul at such a young age for so little.
Sold your soul at a young age for so little did you Anonymous? – yeah I can certainly believe that snowflakey!
Thanks for the confimation – your mirror works 🙂
No, I definitely did not sell my soul, at any age.
See… I can answer questions straight, because I’m not masking a motive.
sure you can snowflake!
Yes.
Are you owned like August 18, 2017 at 11:19 pm?
Anon, that’s a joke about Hillary, right?
No – he IS a joke
Well done fleabaggs – but I never picked up that slimy two-faced snake: by the way – who are we? – you mean Stuckster et El. C? – hahaha – yeah all in denial, probably ’til the day they die. And you’re right – they got no balls. But they better get balls PDQ ‘cos the money they pay to satanic guvment goes into breeding retard welfare – antifa – social scroungers and retards like that Muslim immigrant Suleman octomum. They all these will vote for snakes in the future. And then the cash runs out – and then you have absolute poverty – welcome to the 3rd world!
Damn, fleabaggs — you would have loved Smokey. Wish you could stick around.
Dang, fleabaggs on steroids. God Bless you, mang!
I’m not privy to the personality battles inside the White House and really don’t care about them. This is media ‘inside baseball’ generated stuff for their talking heads to speculate about.
There is total political war going on and its objective is to destroy Donald Trump. There is no cast of players he could assemble that could change that because this is about money and the left’s access to it. Its not even about how much the government spends because that is pretty much an autopilot sort of thing. It is how that money is spent. Will it continue to fund ‘beltway bandits’, grant seekers and the public employees or can Trump and his cabinet ( Bannon should have sought a cabinet post because that is a semi-independent fiefdom) redirect federal spending to achieve real goals?
Growing up I used to see signs of progress from government programs. The Interstate Highway System. Putting men on the moon. Now it is frittered away on $81,000 per year federal employees like this negro woman in this NYTs article.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/business/economy/san-francisco-commute.html?mcubz=1&_r=0
Times are tough and they are going to get tougher. These public sector parasites are fighting for their no work, high pay sinecures with gold plated pensions attached. Trump is their enemy and thus he is my friend.
“CNN is fighting a pitched battle with a bunch of statutes and the statutes are winning.” Howie, over at CTH
Stop and think for a minute. Has anybody stopped working for Trump that he quits talking to? Of course not. Does anybody take a pay cut that works for him? Working for the government is charity, most of those guys don’t even bother to draw salary. Trump was the Republican nominee before he hired Bannon. Bannon is now free to slash and burn. Let’s see how this works out. Bannon Says He’s ‘Going to War for Trump’ After White House Exit – Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-18/bannon-says-he-s-going-to-war-for-trump-after-white-house-exit?utm_content=politics&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-politics
starfcker, I’m hoping, as stated earlier, it was planned that way.
Bannon probably did a Clockwork Orange, Singin In The Rain dance after leaving that house of horrors. The big White House where ideas go to die. A reality show divorced from reality. DC isn’t a swamp, it’s a graveyard. Nothing good or productive ever happens, just slow rot, disintegration.
Stucky ,I guess it’s just disappointment in people who I thought had solid convictions and loyalty to America .You see them fold down and subjugate themselves before even taking the time to engage in any real struggle .Talk a good game but at the slightest little bit of emotional adversity they run to their safe space.You see them in Washington ,in the Media ,in Evangelical Churches while betraying everything they know to be true.
BB – given you brag about not paying your bills, for instance, you have little room to judge others re their convictions. Maybe you should reflect on your own shortcomings. I have spent years doing the same. And I have many of my own.
I appreciate the apology. And yes, you do not know my circumstances, but it takes little imagination to discern what I encountered being the son of a poor, illiterate dustbowl Okie Indian.
I do not walk out on my commitments, obligations, or debts, of which I have none.
When I lived in the US I contributed significantly to the country. I left because it was better for me and mine, simple as that. And I sure as hell have zero interest in conflict with Americans. My life is too short for that. They have the right to choose their path, even if it leads to hell, as it seems it will. I have loyalty to that concept – people have the right to choose. If folks want to tear down monuments, they have a right to pursue that end, just as others have a right to oppose. And it all should be done peacefully.
These things in the end will be resolved by the young, not by folks like me.
As far as lipoh and Southern Saga are concerned they each in their own way remind me of the others.You are right I don’t know their circumstances but it seems like a big fuck you to America and the rest of us who are going to stay by choice or necessaries. Maybe I jumped the gun on both of them and to both I apologize.
I would never leave America. I especially wouldn’t want to leave my city. Even though the little government pisses me off sometimes, I have lived here my entire life and know it like the back of my hand. I would rather be in the place I know than in a foreign place, especially if I don’t speak the language, in surroundings I don’t know and that would take a long time to learn.
However, if things got so bad I didn’t think living in my city, or America, for that matter, would be safe any longer, or if the Communists actually took over, I would probably leave.
Vic, if the communists take over you will be lucky to leave with only the shirt on your back.
It’s not a question of no longer being safe, but of being free and living with dignity.
Yes, bb, you really did jump the gun, which is why I was so hard on you.
I also appreciate greatly — as does Llpoh — your apology. It’s what good men do … and you ARE a good man, despite your flaws (none of us are flawless).
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I simply don’t understand the down votes on Llpoh. What is wrong with you people??? Folks like Llpoh are the salt of the earth ….. a minority person, born and raised in poverty, who rose above his circumstances to build a successful company which employed hundreds over the years. A giver to society, not a taker. America would be great again if she had millions of people like him. Yet, some of you choose to shit on him and that’s just disgraceful.
Stuck – thanks once again.
It is because of the Joos and assorted supremacist crap. I have quite a squad that dislikes me because I hate that shit. I get downvoted as a matter of course, even if I say the sky is blue. We have picked up a lot of loony right in recent months.
Glad you are back.
Yeah, well you owe me!! Lol. Ms. Freud’s bucket list includes visiting Australia and New Zealand. Really. IF that ever happens, you better buy me a fucken genuine Aussie beer.
How are the magnificent dogs? Have they killed any kangaroos yet?
The dogs are wimps. Unless someone were to screw with the family. Then it would suck to be them. Aussie beer is good. But I never met a beer I didnt like. Going to Austria and Germany later this year.
Mmmm, beer. And stein maidens. Can hardly wait.
bb
One last thing.
Being a direct 1st generation immigrant myself, I know a thing or two about this.
There are probably three main reasons regarding why people leave their mother country.
—1. Fear …. persecution (political, religious, etc.)
—2. Hopelessness … things will never get better, I.e., they will never escape poverty
—3. Opportunity … for a better life
Sure, there are more reasons, but those are the three biggies. What I’m saying is that I can probably count on one hand the number of people who leave because of a “fuck you” to their native land. My own parents said they cried like babies during the entire ocean voyage to America, and even after arriving.
Don’t be so hard on BB. I thought the jibe at LLPOH was funny because LLPOH is America the way a China man is China. Wherever LLPOH is, America is there. Forget Odin and Valhalla, when you go before the Great White Father, he will ask all of you, What did you do to the land you took from LLPOH’s people?
This may be old news …. but, on Drudge today, a link to a WSJ article …..
Bannon WANTED to be fired …. which is why he gave that interview to the lefty rag …. he feels he can do more to help Trump from OUTSIDE the White House …. said he never even expected to last this long.
If that’s all true, it changes a few things. No?
I did not read the article but the Hill.com had a headline that Bannon is definitely going back to Breitbart.
http://click1.email.thehill.com/ViewMessage.do?m=ibdygvvc&r=grlrwrwl&s=cgmqvkhrmttskstgcmmqqmhzthtnnlmrkjz&q=1503094937&a=view
In that situation, you submit your resignation upon request or otherwise and the boss accepts it. Bannon submitted his and Trumpy had the option. The interview Bannon gave was his effort to make it easy on the boss, so he didn’t look like the baddie.
He could have done it on background or off the record but it was a deliberate attempt to help the boss save face. Unlike the petulant business leaders who made their departure look like it was all Trumpy’s fault when they knew full well they didn’t want to face their stockholders.
The election is over and with it the eschatological arguments and campaign rhetoric. Trump IS the president and has to settle in and try and manage a fiercely hostile bureaucracy. He is making progress despite the opposition.
The number of drunken illegal aliens driving on the highways around here is down. Not by a little but a lot. The reason- Trump is enforcing immigration law and if you are arrested for a criminal offense you are on the fast track for deportation. Our trade ‘agreements’ are being renegotiated and thus the caterwauling from all those CEOs. They are going to have to learn how to make money the old fashioned way by making American plants and workers more productive not financial engineering and exporting jobs. Tillerson is clearing out the dead wood at the State Department!
This kind of stuff takes time to achieve and is not really suited for a philosopher/intellectual like Bannon. It is more detailed work that guys like Wilbur Ross and, yes, Jeff Sessions are good at.
One more thing. In a few minutes the Brevard, Fl. County Court first appearance hearings begin. It is televised and I sometimes watch.
Here the previous nights arrests appear in court to have bail set, get a public defender or for minor offenses cop a plea with the State’s Attorney. When this happens the judge now admonishes the defendant that if they are not a US citizen they are subject to deportation- even if they are only pleading no contest to having an open container!
That didn’t use to happen because Obama didn’t deport illegal aliens for anything.
It has been argued that the billionaire Mercer made his money initially at DARPA and would not be where he is today without that part of his career. Interesting computer whiz kid who runs a hedge fund and bankrolls/buys a president.
I also found this article interesting:
I have seen it written that he is a eugenist so this would probably fit.
Not surprised about that one BL – Trump and his billionaire backers have been taking the piss out of millions of his deceived supporters for some time now.
You do have to be fired to draw unemployment you know. LOL
Bannon-The Trump Presidency We Fought For Is Over
http://investmentwatchblog.com/steve-bannon-the-trump-presidency-we-fought-for-is-over-they-will-restrain-him/