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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNo. I'm sorry. I still don't trust Trump. Nor do I trust Bannon is being "sidelined" here.
On the surface, yeah, it's great that Bannon got booted from the NSC table.
But we're talking about a guy who has never had any trust in administrative institutions anyways. He's expressly said so himself.
So he loses his chair at the NSC? Big deal. He's still the Madman's chief policy advisor. He's still going to have top security privileges. He's still going to be whispering in Trump's ear, issuing statements on his behalf, doing all the things that make him Steve Bannon.
Steve Bannon's a cockroach. And if there's anything we know about cockroaches, it's a) they're disgusting, b) they thrive being underground and hidden, and c) they're very hard to kill.
I'm not trying to be a Negative Nancy here. But I don't see this as being all that earth shattering, no more when Roger Stone got "kicked off" Trump's campaign.
uponit7771
(90,301 posts)oldtime dfl_er
(6,930 posts)It just means that Jared is attempting to sideline Bannon. The infighting will destroy them all anyway.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)but trump and his evil empire....Kushner - et al...
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,128 posts)Words are cheap. Compliance with Russia isn't.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,520 posts)to protect Trump domestically, trying to make it look like he and SCROTUS aren't really in bed together.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,128 posts)asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)on the door of the Baltics..and Syria gassing it's own people...assad needs to be removed - with the UN and NATO pushing him out....this goes for Russia as well..this advance needs to be stopped..trump and co needs to be indicted - for treason..if they can't get treason..RICO will do!!
Carl Bernstein and this mercenary Prince guy - I do believe Carl is onto something...referencing this Miller guy..and Carl on cable...
Tks for all you do Tommy
Freethinker65
(9,995 posts)HAB911
(8,865 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,520 posts)("He goes or I go!" because Bannon was likely interfering in a weird and damaging way. SCROTUS couldn't afford for McMasters to quit (if he did threaten that) because he's one of the few people in his cabinet who has real credentials and is generally respected. So my theory is that he agreed to take Bannon off the NSC to appease McMasters, and put him to work in some lower-profile but equally insidious and destructive capacity.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,128 posts)Hell, I wonder if Bannon himself suggested he'd be sidelined from the NSC after getting static from McMasters.
caroldansen
(725 posts)being broken apart. And what happens when a boulder gets broken into tiny little pieces.You can pick them up and throw them out.
mr_liberal
(1,017 posts)Ill bet Bannon is completely gone before too long.
LisaM
(27,789 posts)Unless he was forcibly removed, handcuffed, and jailed, I don't trust it.
Vinca
(50,233 posts)people in the administration must be threatening to quit. Given the current state of the world, Bannon should pack his bags and go back to the far right blogosphere.
get the red out
(13,460 posts)No "reform" for Trump or any of his cronies. Nothing but lies and subterfuge.
dalton99a
(81,371 posts)bdamomma
(63,774 posts)yes, he may be out but not down. I would love to see some wicked eating of their own soon. Especially between Kushner and Bannon.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,652 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,571 posts)in some ways this might be worse. Burying Bannon out of sight in the bowels of the administration allows him to work his evil in the dark.
Won't be safe from him until he's fully out of the WH and the adminstration.