Trump removes DNI and Chairman of Joint Chiefs from National Security Council. And adds Bannon

[babylonsister]

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Trump removes DNI and Chairman of Joint Chiefs from National Security Council. And adds Bannon.
By Keith Pickering
Saturday Jan 28, 2017 · 7:53 PM EST


Because he's smarter than all the Generals.


In the latest move designed to make sure he only gets advice from his political sycophants, while avoiding all interaction with anyone who might be nonpartisan, Hair Twittler today removed the Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from the Principals Committee of the National Security Council. Added as a regular member was the Assistant to the President and Chief Strategist, who is, of course neo-Nazi and avowed Leninist Steve Bannon (pictured above blogging from his mother’s basement). The chairman, of course is wild-eyed conspiracy theorist Mike Flynn.

The news was broken by Zeke Miller, White House correspondent for Time magazine. And as usual, the White House tried to spin this as a really good thing, because now the DNI and CJCS will have more time on their hands:

Here’s the EO as mailed to Miller’s phone:



If Trump wants to start a war, it’s hard to imagine a better first move than this one.

[boston bean]

1. TRUMP HAS GOT TO GO.

[diva77]

67. I wonder if he would be this bold & reckless if he didn't have CEO of Xe backing him

https://www.democracynow.org/2017/1/18/scahill_blackwater_founder_erik_prince_the

[wordpix]

73. Yes he should have gone in Jan 2015 but NOW rather than LATER

It will only get worse. Just look at these first days of disaster

[calimary]

87. NO FREAKIN' SHIT.

[Chasstev365]

2. This CANNOT stand!

Can anything be done?

[MBS]

7. " " " " " "n/t

[AgadorSparticus]

71. +1,000!!!

[vlyons]

3. John McCain will not be happy

Will Mad Dog resign in protest? I predict that this is the stupidity that will motivate Republicans to impeach.

[asiliveandbreathe]

25. For what it's worth - I sent this today...

IS this what you spent years in a pow camp for - is this what my dad WW11 fought for - my two brothers Viet Nam, my son RET. 21 years Navy chief fought for - for god's sake - DO SOMETHING!

[progressoid]

46. +1

[manicraven]

64. My spouse, too, 21 years Air Force. This clown in the White House disrespects our military

members and veterans. Come on GOP! WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR NOW? GREED? CORPORATE OWNERS? RACISM, HATE, AND BIGOTRY? You should all be impeached for ignoring and violating our Constitution, which is what you're doing if you continue to support this Putin-loving, mentally ill fascist!

[wordpix]

74. he tweeted w/ McTurtle that Trump should not lift sanctions on Russia

or else. I can't remember the threat but it appeared to be the red line of impeachment.

How about all the other dangerous Trump idiocies, repugs?

[bdamomma]

4. Bannon what a piece of shit he is.

tRump will be on his way out..........................this cannot stand.

[liberal N proud]

5. trump is moving quickly to cripple the government

Steps all designed to further his totalitarian agenda.

[KittyWampus]

22. BANNON is moving quickly. Trump is nothing but the tiny hand signing stuff

Sorry to yell a little bit. But we have to stop pretending this is by Trump's design or dicatate.

[susanna]

47. I agree - little hands simply does not have the focus nor discipline.

This is someone else's doing.

And that someone else is Bannon, and perhaps others, who sense and are willing to exploit little hand's weaknesses.

[wordpix]

78. the R Congress is likewise getting their stuff "passed" by der Trumpenfuror

b/c the 60 vote rule in the Senate still stands except for some appointees The R's don't have 60 in the Senate for all these measures King Dump is ordering.

[susanna]

82. Indeed.

This is a coordinated effort.

It is appalling.

It is un-American.

[Sunny05]

70. Exactly. nt

[wordpix]

75. seems like a return of the BushCheney regime

the question is why? What hold does Bannon have on Trump? Attend some parties with Trump back in the day or...

[keithbvadu2]

49. Putin is getting his money's worth out of his investment in Trump.

[MBS]

6. Good God.

This is so dangerous.
And bizarre.
Director of National Intelligence and chairman of the Joint Chiefs not on the National Security Council? And replaced by BANNON? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

[maryellen99]

10. They also removed dept of energy head too-nukes nt

[MBS]

21. That too. n/t

[wordpix]

80. this Trump regime is dangerous

with all the vacancies in most departments, the gov cannot run well. Perfect "Reichstag fire," maybe.

[vlyons]

13. Donald Trump as Don Giovanni

Stunningly reckless. It's like Mozart's opera Don Giovanni, where the the pace of Giovanni's recklessness gets faster and faster and more and more dangerous. Until at the end, the floor opens up to reveal the pit of Hell, and Giovanni chooses to jump in rather than repent. How's that for an analogy?

[MBS]

18. Pretty much spot on. n/t

[longship]

39. Here:

And the same from Amadeus:

[Docreed2003]

8. CJCS removed from NSC???

Wtf kind of world are we living in? They're begging for an attack. That or they want to plan one without input from the head of the armed forces.

[highplainsdem]

9. See this link, esp for John Schindler's comments:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028554696

[Chasstev365]

11. Military Coup time?

Arrest Trump and instal Pence?

[vlyons]

14. Time to exercise the 25th Amendment

trump is unable to discharge the powers of the presidency

[meow2u3]

41. Better Pence for 2 years than tRump and Bannon indefinitely

We have a good chance of defeating Pence. He's unpopular outside his evangelical base.

[manicraven]

65. I agree!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

61. Republicons hold the majority that can exercise 25th.

If they don't abort the tRump presidency soon, more and more people will conclude they themselves are not fit to govern.

But they have probably been secretly hoping it would go this way so they can install the christian dominionist Pence.

Part of the problem is that if they do, the tRump base could turn on them in very violent disruptive ways. I'm not talking marches. Trump's hardcore base (about 15% of the voters) love Pence but adore Trump and their martyr complexes would be stimulated.

[sarcasmo]

12. #Impeach45

[MarvinGardens]

15. I think Congress could reverse this if they wanted.

The President must follow and enforce the laws. The law giving the President the power to make this change assumes the President is a reasonable person. We ( and surely most of Congress) all realize this is no longer the case. Correct me if I am wrong. I am not an attorney.

[liberalhistorian]

53. You are correct, of course, however,

the rule of law is only valid as long as those charged with upholding it actually believe in it and believe it applies to them and are willing to follow it. So far, the Grab-Our-Pussies party-controlled Congress shows no inclination whatsoever to reign him in, in fact, they seem to be glorying in his authoritarian bullshit and are steamrolling right over the Dems and any other opposition. Now we are seeing and experiencing for ourselves just how it felt to be in 1930's Germany, something I never, ever thought I'd see in my own country.

[LeftInTX]

68. I think the president runs the NSC

Congress doesn't control it, but I'm sure Congress is livid and will do everything in their power to assure DNI and CJCS have a place at the table.

[bigtree]

16. k&r

[Wellstone ruled]

17. Watch for reaction from

someone at the Pentagon tomorrow. These Guy's do not want any type of Military deployment due to Troop and material shortages.

[uponit7771]

19. Yeap, the quasi Muslim band is a distraction... the real new is this shit

[KittyWampus]

29. Read Schindler's twitter. He is pointing to war in Bosnia area to get Europe bogged down.

The USA will be unable to do anything at all.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

56. Sounds Putinesque. Get the US tied up in knots with sympathetic Exec branch and then push Europe

... when the USA is unwilling to help for lots of reasons.

[Ilsa]

20. Jesus Christ. I bet he's already talking to

his military people about going after the protestors at the airport. I'm not saying anything will happen, but I bet trump is trying to shut down the resistance.

[babylonsister]

23. I think they've already tried...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028554908

[Ilsa]

24. Thanks. I was out for awhile, missed that. nt

[democrank]

26. I ask you....

What American president wouldn't want to swap the Chaiman of the Joint Chiefs with a lunatic White Nationalist?

[TubbersUK]

27. Is Bannon known to be a drinker perchance n/t

[KittyWampus]

30. His nose sure looks like it. Maybe his liver will explode. Or he'll be found in a secluded spot

inside a car.

[TubbersUK]

34. He certainly looks like a heavy drinker to me

having a few in the family, I'm fairly good at spotting the signs.

If he is, chances are he's pretty volatile at times.

[KittyWampus]

36. he's a wife beater.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

44. Not surprising.

Consistent in all the worst character traits.
No wonder orangeturd loves the guy.

[tavernier]

51. Hard ass drunk

Yeah, mon. That face has been through some DT's.

[dalton99a]

28. Treasonous.

[GliderGuider]

31. So Bannon put himself on the NSC...

And booted a couple of the straighter arrows off...

I wonder what's in the works that he needs that configuration at this moment.

It's going to be a verrry interesting day tomorrow.

We are getting close to the climax months sooner than I expected.

[Blue_Roses]

32. Is this for real? Is it the Onion?

WTF?

[The empressof all]

33. We need to pay attention here...

I believe Trump is an angry old man who is having difficulty coming to terms with his own mortality and looking for that last big Rush. He's a builder and just like a child who loves to knock down towers of blocks this fool is just itching to drop the "big one" This move is extremely alarming. Bannon is a psychopath --- . Pence, McConnell and Ryan need to get their act together or this will not end well for a large swath of the world.

[AlexSFCA]

45. urgent

please read my post here, urgent education is needed on what's happening:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028546674

[BlancheSplanchnik]

48. I don't rate ryan, mcconnel and pence much better.

They're remorseless lying self-seeking pod people too. I wouldn't hope for them to come galloping on white horses over the horizon.

[The empressof all]

72. Unfortunately....I agree ..They are spineless weasels...

Invoking the 25th is probably the quickest method of moving Trump out of the way. Impeachment will take far longer. At this point I believe they are complicit and can not be counted upon to do what is necessary to save the country from imploding or worse.

[eleny]

35. Impeach! He's jeoparizing our national security

[kentuck]

37. Damn! Why?

Thinning out the State Department yesterday and thinning out Intelligence and Military today?

The coup is well under way.

[Ilsa]

38. Kicking this thread. nt

[Akacia]

40. This is all so surreal. n/t

[radical noodle]

42. This feels a lot

like the Saturday night massacre... only worse

[AlexSFCA]

43. alarming

Doesn't he need a security clerance for this? This happened afer trump spoke with putin.
Read my post here - it's happening even faster than I imagined:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028546674

[braddy]

52. I think that the president decides a clearance, and Bannon has had the highest clearances during his

military career at the Pentagon.

[AlexSFCA]

54. hmm

yes, but no way he could pass a security clearance with his well documented extremist views

[braddy]

59. I think he has a very high clearance, at least as high as his past one when he was

special assistant to the chief of naval operations.

[LeftInTX]

79. He left the military in 1990

Why would he still have a clearance?

[braddy]

81. Because he is the Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to United States President, and

now holds a regular seat on the principals committee of the National Security Council - the meetings of the most senior national security officials, including the secretaries of defense and state.

His current security clearance is surely at least as high as the one he held at the Pentagon as a Naval officer.

[AlexSFCA]

83. ?

Chief strategist does not require security clearance. This was discussed preciously. I guess once he is in, trump can decide anything.

[braddy]

86. I think that being the Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the President and holding a

regular seat on the principals committee of the National Security Council does require a security clearance, and one at least as high as the one that he held when he took his masters degrees in National Security Studies from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and was a Navy officer and special assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations at the Pentagon.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

62. Good OP.

But horrible.

[yuiyoshida]

50. I knew things would get worse...

It feels like we are all being Bannonetted!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

58. After that, the Pencetrating?

[yuiyoshida]

77. Yeh for

Trumped up CHARGES!

[BeyondGeography]

55. Sick

And sickening.

[GP6971]

57. Ignorance is out in full force

but of course, he knows more about ISIS then the generals so I guess it makes sense. Sarcasm intended.

[marybourg]

60. Does anyone else have this story?

This seems beyond bizarre to me. Removing the Chm. of the Joint Chiefs?

[LeftInTX]

76. Google National Security Council - news

There is an article about it in the Washington Post. I'm on my phone so I can't link the article.

I'm freaking out, but quickly wrote both of my Republican Senators lengthy emails regarding this.

[Turbineguy]

63. Actually in a backhanded way, this could be a good thing.

It might disconnect Trump from the nuclear arsenal.

[Solly Mack]

66. That's very, very bad.

Da,m

[BadgerMom]

69. Just imagine

if HRC had won and pulled this stunt with the head of a liberal news site--say, Arianna Huffington. I want the Dems to react to this the way the Republicans would react to Ms. Huffington.

[AlexSFCA]

84. the end is near

Bannon crated a humanitarian crisis to distract the publuc and took over NSC after trump spoke with putin on the phone.

I beleive they may now defy the judge's order citing national security (aka 'alternative facts'). Buckle up!

Bannon has declared the media as opposition.

I beleive we are about to be declared 'Our Nation is Under Attack' real soon.

[Hekate]

85. KnR

[dawg]

88. Rinse Penis was trying to walk this back on Press the Meet today.

Claimed the CIA chief and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs could attend any and all NSC meetings at their option.

[Vinnie From Indy]

89. This is very, very bad!

[Auggie]

90. CABAL!