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10th August 2017, 02:09 PM | #81 |
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10th August 2017, 03:48 PM | #84 |
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12th August 2017, 03:54 PM | #86 |
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I'm changing to Bannon though I still think Kushner will leave soon as the Russia investigation makes it too hot for him. Kelly let McMaster fire a Flynn holdover protected by Bannon. Mooch also slammed Bannon and got away with it from the The Hair though he didn't survive Kelly. Bannon is going to get sidelined and will leave in a vain attempt to save his dignity or get shown the door by Kelly.
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12th August 2017, 05:00 PM | #87 |
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White nationalists are on the march; Bannon is just fine.
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12th August 2017, 05:07 PM | #88 |
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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?
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12th August 2017, 05:40 PM | #89 |
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His what? He might just as soon try to save his unicorn!
Uh-oh, that's not something they should do, as that could (and should) be construed as admitting that the Trump campaign's chief strategist is white supremacist nazi scum - that would reflect very badly on Trump himself, as Bannon was his own, personal choice and hs ticket to the Presidency. Kelly is shaking up so much, it's draining his own standing. I still say "Kelly next". |
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12th August 2017, 05:47 PM | #90 |
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I did say a vain attempt. Maybe I should have said, a "vain attempt to save whatever passes for dignity for his kind".
You're right, I suspect Kelly won't serve a full year. However, shaking things up may improve his standing if he's seen by the rest of the staff as someone with the authority to clean house. |
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13th August 2017, 12:12 AM | #93 |
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Well, I was gonna say I'm pretty sure Bannon is safe because clearly he or someone in his camp wrote that weak ass tweet.
But if that leak story has legs, uh-oh. At the same time, he's a (small-time) media mogul, so I'm sure he's got folks on speed dial who can drop quotes in places. "I'm shocked -shocked!- to find that gambling is going on in here." |
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Trump may fire Bannon because president suspects he is behind damaging leaks: Report
by Caitlin Yilek | Aug 12, 2017, 7:08 PM Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Email this article http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tr...rticle/2631374 According to the article, Bannon has effectively been sidelined. |
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13th August 2017, 12:44 AM | #95 |
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Trump advisers signal the knives are out for Bannon
Bridgewater, New Jersey (CNN)Two senior Trump advisers -- one inside the White House and another who recently departed -- signaled Sunday that the knives are out for Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's controversial chief strategist. http://us.cnn.com/2017/08/13/politic...non/index.html |
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I'd like McMaster to stay, so I expect he won't.
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Why do you think Kelly would go too ?
Surely as an honourable military man he would continue to serve the President until those services are no longer required - unless you're saying that the kind of White House climate which would see McMaster quitting or sacked would also result in Kelly being sacked. I don't think Trump will mind one bit that there is a gulf between him and the RINO GOP. It will be up to the GOP to bridge that gap because Trump will likely be far happier being allowed to Tweet as he wishes and without the burden of GOP expectation regarding getting legislation through Congress (as opposed to simply issuing executive orders). |
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Changing my vote back to Bannon.
It looks like one of those Confederate statues may have been his final horcrux. |
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Damn, that guy looks halfway to dead. Seriously, he looks terrible. I hope a doctor is in his near future.
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As a human with some idea of what he's doing, I don't.
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16th August 2017, 11:56 AM | #119 |
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Does the death of his Two Business Advisory councils count?
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