Originally Posted by NoahFence (Post 11963503)

Up next....

Donald J Trump himself.

Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza (Post 11963662)

But now it's obvious that Kelly will be next.

Originally Posted by portlandatheist (Post 11963556)

All this crisis, chaos, drama, and back stabbing really keeps you at the edge of your seat. All the good qualities of great reality TV.

Originally Posted by Beelzebuddy (Post 11963612)

Well, shoot. I had my marker on Sessions. He's got some real durability for a racist leprechaun.

Who else is left, aside from the members of his own household? At this point the Trump administration seems to be run by interns and interested passers-by.

Originally Posted by quadraginta (Post 11963740)

... "Hi there. I'm the new Secretary of <mumble mumble>. Donald wants to see me ASAP." ...

Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza (Post 11963662)

...now it's obvious that Kelly will be next.

Originally Posted by quadraginta (Post 11963740)

Only partly in jest ...

I wonder if someone could get into the White House by going up to the gate and saying, "Hi there. I'm the new Secretary of <mumble mumble>. Donald wants to see me ASAP."

As fast as things are changing and as obscure as some of the players are becoming it might sound plausible enough to work.

Originally Posted by sir drinks-a-lot

If I had to guess, I'd say it would be Bannon.

Originally Posted by Stacko (Post 11964101)

I'm going to guess he turns to all out war with the GOP and fires Sessions in a redux of the Saturday Night Massacre.

Originally Posted by Oystein (Post 11964113)

Could be!

If it is true that the departure of Bannon was amiable and a move to free him to play attack dog on the outside, then the plan probably includes strengthening the position of the other dogs, Miller and Gorka, to the detriment of the "establishment". Sessions, McMaster.

BUT: Would Kelly be in on such a scheme, and go along?

Originally Posted by Biscuit (Post 11964167)

If the departure was amiable I don't think Bannon would have given the "off the record interview" and trashed the North Korea strategy and the ethno nationalists as he said.

Originally Posted by Craig4 (Post 11954847)

He might be in danger because white nationalists are on the march. Kelly may see Bannon as a cheap and easy sacrificial lamb to throw to those in The Hair's own party who see the response to the Nazi rioting as too weak. That, and Bannon couldn't protect his own people on the NSC from McMaster. The Hair also didn't even bother to give a cursory nod of support when "The Mooch" said Bannon was there to "suck his own cock". Sessions and McMaster have strong allies who have rallied around them when The Hair targeted them. Where are the "there will be holy hell to pay" sound bites about Bannon?

Originally Posted by Stacko (Post 11964191)

CNN's Jim Acosta is reporting that Gorka is on thin ice.

https://mobile.twitter.com/oliverdar...87491036893186

Presumably Mango Mussolini has gotten tired of being asked, "What does he do here?"

Originally Posted by d4m10n (Post 11963789)

Wait, how is that obvious? His job just got easier.

Originally Posted by Stacko (Post 11964101)

I'm going to guess he turns to all out war with the GOP and fires Sessions in a redux of the Saturday Night Massacre.

Originally Posted by alfaniner (Post 11964370)

The media has got to come up with a catchy name for the current events, like "The Summer Scourge". (OK, not so catchy).

Originally Posted by dudalb (Post 11964269)

Bannon and Trump were about the only supporters Gorka had. Even the other Bannonites in the White House thought he was an idiot. Rumor has it they tried to get his kicked upstairs to another agency within the State or Defense Department,where he would do less harm, but no other agency wanted him. Apparrenlly every other Intelligence expert had nothing but contempt for him.

Originally Posted by quadraginta (Post 11964193)

I don't think it was amiable because he said that.

There's only two locations on the Trump train. In line and under the wheels.

Bannon didn't stick with the line.

Originally Posted by alfaniner (Post 11964370)

The media has got to come up with a catchy name for the current events, like "The Summer Scourge". (OK, not so catchy).

Originally Posted by Oystein (Post 11964428)

What line?!?
No one ever accused Trump of having a line!

Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza (Post 11964297)

Kelly having gotten his way makes him a threat, not an asset in Trump's mind.

Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza (Post 11964297)

At the beginning the White House was a target-rich environment, but now there are only a few left, and many of them are family.

Originally Posted by alfaniner (Post 11964370)

The media has got to come up with a catchy name for the current events, like "The Summer Scourge". (OK, not so catchy).

Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza (Post 11964297)

Because when things don't work out for Trump, he seeks the fault in the people around him. At the beginning the White House was a target-rich environment, but now there are only a few left, and many of them are family.

Kelly having gotten his way makes him a threat, not an asset in Trump's mind.

Originally Posted by d4m10n (Post 11960272)

Do you sincerely believe the world is more likely to become a better place with Bannon in the White House instead of the hospital?

Originally Posted by d4m10n (Post 11971844)

I'd've expected Miller or Gorka to be out by now. Moving my chips to [emoji288]Gary Cohn[emoji289] . . .

https://t.co/8UaKdv0T9F

Originally Posted by Craig4 (Post 11964400)

I think Gorka will be out by the end of the weekend. What's left of the crew Flynn brought in at the NSC will follow shortly there after.