OK, people – after last week’s double-header, it’s time for old Tommy T to take a well-earned break from all the –
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME ???
Trump Tells Aides He Has Decided to Remove Stephen Bannon
New York Times ^ | August 18, 2017 | MAGGIE HABERMANPosted on 8/18/2017, 11:46:56 AM by reaganaut1
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.
Mr. Bannon had clashed for months with other senior West Wing advisers and members of the president’s family.
But the loss of Mr. Bannon, the right-wing nationalist who helped propel some of Mr. Trump’s campaign promises into policy reality, raises the potential for the president to face criticism from the conservative news media base that supported him over the past year.
To: wyowolf
This is an INCREDIBLY stupid move by Trump. The one thing Trump cannot afford to do is alienate his base.
You think he gives a fuck who he alienates? You haven’t been paying attention the last 20 years or so, have you? He got what (he thought) he wanted, and as far as he cares, you and the rest of “the base” can go fuck off.
And I can’t think of anything more surely guaranteed to alienate his base than dumping Bannon.
9 posted on 8/18/2017, 11:40:23 AM by TheConservator (“The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.” — Aristotle)
To: Tea Party Terrorist
To: Tea Party Terrorist
To: wyowolf‘That f***ing Steve Bannon [is] taking credit for my election,’ Trump recently told a confidant, according to the left-leaning Buzzfeed website.
I don’t believe that quote for one second.
To: Tea Party Terrorist
Oh, well.
Trump was our last shot.29 posted on 8/18/2017, 11:43:31 AM by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents – Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
To: Tea Party Terrorist
Now that was really stupid of President Trump to fire one of your most loyal staff members when you still have far too many rats running through our White House and agovernment agencies.
32 posted on 8/18/2017, 11:43:58 AM by puppypusher ( The World is going to the dogs.)
To: Tea Party TerroristPeople come and go so quickly here.
33 posted on 8/18/2017, 11:44:01 AM by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
To: Tea Party Terrorist
To: reaganaut1
Bannon was the last one pushing the agenda.
Trump is finished. He’s surrounded by Dems and Rinos
4 posted on 8/18/2017, 11:48:37 AM by snarkytart
To: TheConservator
To: Tea Party Terrorist
Trump moves people around all the time. Kust(sic) his management style.
40 posted on 8/18/2017, 11:44:53 AM by buffaloguy
To: txhurl— Only possible upside is Bannon can now do more damage to the Left from the outside. —
That a helluva upside. He might be able to to more to advance Trump’s agenda from the outside, too.
To: Cboldt
To: Tea Party TerroristI think that interview did him in.
Undercutting the boss in public is a good way to get unemployed.
Sad to see him go though. There are fewer voices to balance out McMaster’s insanity now. Wish Trump would show him the door too.
71 posted on 8/18/2017, 11:49:40 AM by JamesP81 (The DNC poses a greater threat to my liberty than terrorists, China, and Russia. Combined.)
To: TheConservatorI didn’t vote for Bannnon(sic).
To: txhurl“Only possible upside is Bannon can now do more damage to the Left from the outside.”
Well yes, but equally likely is that Bannon will turn Breitbart loose fully on Trump. Trump could find himself without any allies as the wolves close in both the Democrats and many Republicans.
To: All
Trump deserves whatever happens to him. He was warned about McMaster and the others but they stay and Bannon goes. I suddenly care a lot less about any of it. We almost had something, the moment he allowed the scorpions on his boat he was done. He needed to listen to his inauguration speech.
To: Tea Party Terrorist
Well, I am done with Trump now. Bannon was the main reason I supported Trump. The administration is over as far as I am concerned. Going forward I will neither support nor pray for Trump.
82 posted on 8/18/2017, 11:52:41 AM by solitonic (Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. (1Cor 16:13))
To: Jess Kitting
Bannon said he would never quit..I was told that over and over again here….must have been fired
97 posted on 8/18/2017, 11:54:54 AM by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
To: AC86UT89Doesn’t seem like these people being fired were very good at their jobs.
How is the judgement of someone picking people not very good at their jobs?
To: reaganaut1So, now Trump loses his base. He’ll be one term -if that.He now has NO FRIENDS at all. He allowed himself to be played by the Leftist media who are now laughing their asses off.
To: Red Steel“It’s McMaster who wants him fired.”
To: reaganaut1
To: reaganaut1
The schadenfreude!
This was the thread I have been waiting for since November. As soon as I heard the news start to break I trotted over to my usual roll of Loonie Right sites to watch the dawning realization. It was the Kübler-Ross model played out in real time across maybe six hours.
1. Fake News! I will believe it when I see it someplace other than Drudge (that traitor)
2. I HATE TRUMP!!! DONE WITH HIM!
3. Okay, Bannon wasn’t as important as the wall and killing Obamacare. Let’s see how this goes.
4. Oh man, Trump’s going to go full RINO now. I will never vote again….
5. This might be for the best, Bannon is now fully unchained, and Trump can act without the distractions and infighting he was creating.
Best thing for me to come out of that thread was the discovery that many of the Freepers are dumping Drudge for The Liberty Daily, which is EXACTLY like Drudge. I mean, exactly.
Best wishes on the surgery