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brooklynite

(93,878 posts)
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 08:27 PM Aug 2017

Trump suspects Bannon of leaking, putting job in jeopardy

Source: Axios

President Trump has told close associates that he believes Steve Bannon is behind damaging leaks about White House colleagues, putting the chief strategist's job in fresh jeopardy, sources close to the president tell me.

Trump has told associates he's fed up with what he sees as self-promotion by Bannon, who did not join the core team this week at the president's golf club in Bedminster, N.J.

Bannon's time with Trump has diminished since the new chief of staff, retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, took over and imposed discipline on the circus around the Oval Office.
Bannon declined to comment.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/steve-bannons-job-in-jeopardy-trump-suspects-him-of-leaking-2472208484.html?utm_medium=linkshare&utm_campaign=organic

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Trump suspects Bannon of leaking, putting job in jeopardy (Original Post) brooklynite Aug 2017 OP
Bawhahhahaaaaaaa!! Yeah sure Donnie,that's the reason....n/t Bengus81 Aug 2017 #1
Close associates? SHRED Aug 2017 #2
Ok, get rid of him. dalton99a Aug 2017 #3
Get thee under the bus, scapegoat. nt oasis Aug 2017 #4
I have heard/read that he is super paranoid and believes several "pals" BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #5
Basically, Trump is bannonas... Rollo Aug 2017 #18
With friends like Bannon, who needs enemies? Initech Aug 2017 #6
Shouldn't that be "enemas"? n/t Kleveland Aug 2017 #11
Shouldn't that be "enemas"? LenaBaby61 Aug 2017 #12
Vodka enemas in Bannon's case Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2017 #15
So he has to come up with a reason to give Bannon the boot. Grammy23 Aug 2017 #7
Mercer-Bannon-Mercer have a lot of dirt on tRump & rent news site pixels by the billions. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2017 #9
Poor Donnie---between Putin, Mercer and Bannon mtngirl47 Aug 2017 #10
"imposed discipline"? I'll believe it if I see it. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2017 #8
Was This Before Of After That Con Came On TV Who Said To Get Rid Of Him... Grassy Knoll Aug 2017 #13
Too much booze can get one talking Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2017 #14
Trump is a slow and stupid motherfucker, isn't he? LudwigPastorius Aug 2017 #16
Kelly got his ear for a few days, so Bannon is the enemy alcibiades_mystery Aug 2017 #17
Queuing up at the bus stop: spiderpig Aug 2017 #19
Well, he has done his job - help the Dumpster light the fuse LuckyLib Aug 2017 #20
Once again, totally transparent, by default. truthisfreedom Aug 2017 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author du_grad Aug 2017 #22
Time to post this not fooled Aug 2017 #23
Hope Bannon does get sacked, DeminPennswoods Aug 2017 #24
From what i have seen, Bannon is probably the one person the base likes more than trump JI7 Aug 2017 #25
Trump can't afford to fire Bannon bearsfootball516 Aug 2017 #26
Next one off the Island? Pachamama Aug 2017 #27
Frankly, I would not doubt it... Bannon* has always had his own agenda... Raster Aug 2017 #28
The Mooch just on with Stephanopolus DeminPennswoods Aug 2017 #29
Why not? He's fired just about everyone else, or tried to. LiberalLovinLug Aug 2017 #30

Grammy23

(5,808 posts)
7. So he has to come up with a reason to give Bannon the boot.
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 08:50 PM
Aug 2017

I don't care if he is firing him for getting in tRump's personal stash of Diet Coke. Just get rid of him. And while you're at it tell Miller to clean out his desk, too.

mtngirl47

(985 posts)
10. Poor Donnie---between Putin, Mercer and Bannon
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 10:12 PM
Aug 2017

his hands are tied and he must toe the line that they draw for him!

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
17. Kelly got his ear for a few days, so Bannon is the enemy
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 11:27 PM
Aug 2017

When Bannon gets his ear for an hour, Kelly will be the enemy.

Trump is a person with extremely diminished capacity being rocked to and fro by whichever feckless self-promoter has his ear last. This is what is was like living in a half-assed medieval monarchy, with an extremely weak monarch at the helm. Moronic children of the monarch in positions of prestige, and their various hijinks, constantly changing positions as various courtiers influence the dummy this way and that.

We have pseudo-feudalism (rentierism) as our ruling economic mode now, so of course we end up with a revived feudalism in our politics.

Capitalism is a fucking joke.

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
19. Queuing up at the bus stop:
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 12:12 AM
Aug 2017

Bannon
Miller
Gorka
(the strangely invisible) Jared

Sessions has a reprieve for backing up Orange's deliberately inflammatory statement.

LuckyLib

(6,814 posts)
20. Well, he has done his job - help the Dumpster light the fuse
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 12:38 AM
Aug 2017

for all of the craziness we are experiencing.

Response to brooklynite (Original post)

DeminPennswoods

(15,246 posts)
24. Hope Bannon does get sacked,
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 07:38 AM
Aug 2017

but two potential problems with that. One Bannon would be the camel outside the tent and p-----g in it instead of inside and out. Two, all the Mercer money is attached to Bannon and would walk out the door with him. We all know that Trump only spends OPM, not his own.

Trump's impulsive so he might just dump Bannon regardless.

Raster

(20,996 posts)
28. Frankly, I would not doubt it... Bannon* has always had his own agenda...
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 08:12 AM
Aug 2017

...tRump* was just a convenient vehicle to the necessary seats of power. Bannon* has never been a true tRump*ster.

DeminPennswoods

(15,246 posts)
29. The Mooch just on with Stephanopolus
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 10:38 AM
Aug 2017

I happened to just catch the Mooch live on This Week. George was asking him about Bannon. Mooch said Trump had a good idea who the "leakers" were, implying Bannon was one of them. George kept pressing and Mooch said "well, yeah" when he was asked if Bannon was one before moving on to say he wasn't going to speak for Trump.

There might be fire under the smoke here.

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