Trump Tells Aides He Has Decided to Remove Stephen Bannon

[George II]

Source: NY Times

President Trump has told senior aides that he has decided to remove Stephen K. Bannon, the embattled White House chief strategist who helped Mr. Trump win the 2016 election, according to two administration officials briefed on the discussion.

The president and senior White House officials were debating when and how to dismiss Mr. Bannon. The two administration officials cautioned that Mr. Trump is known to be averse to confrontation within his inner circle, and could decide to keep on Mr. Bannon for some time.

As of Friday morning, the two men were still discussing Mr. Bannon’s future, the officials said. A person close to Mr. Bannon insisted the parting of ways was his idea, and that he had submitted his resignation to the president on Aug. 7, to be announced at the start of this week, but it was delayed in the wake of the racial unrest in Charlottesville, Va.

Mr. Bannon had clashed for months with other senior West Wing advisers and members of the president’s family.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/us/politics/steve-bannon-trump-white-house.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&mtrref=www.nytimes.com&gwh=32DFAE0D9852F00627EC311586BD6CE9&gwt=pay

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Why such a long wait? Why was he there in the first place?

Is this damage control?

[Hieronymus]

1. It's on MSNBC now.

[George II]

3. Thanks. Saw it on CNN, and now the link/story are up on the NY Times website (6 minutes ago)

[Cryptoad]

2. Thx u John Kelly

[underpants]

7. Yep.

[Cryptoad]

4. HOws about Gorka and MIller,,,,,??????

[Freethinker65]

5. Trump decided.....hahahahahaha

[rurallib]

10. no kidding

[SaveOurDemocracy]

6. I guess the Intervention @ Camp David is getting results.

[LeftInTX]

51. That's what I was thinking

I guess it's a "come to Jesus" intervention.

[spiderpig]

8. Is this a Marx Brothers movie?

[mahannah]

19. Yes. Chicken Soup.

[Kleveland]

38. It was actually Duck soup...

Unless you are intentionally being funny with the chicken, as in the balloon etc.

"Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale. "

Source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023969/

Funny either way!

[3catwoman3]

57. Chicken shit soup.

That is all.

[klook]

69. LOL, good one

Also could be "Who's Minding the Store," but that was a Jerry Lewis vehicle.

[dalton99a]

9. He'll work for the gang from outside the White House, like Roger Stone

[chowder66]

21. Yep. nt

[WhiteTara]

37. don't forget Lewendowski.

He's a mouthpiece still.

[sheshe2]

11. Buh Bye you POS!

[grantcart]

12. Murdoch jr was the tipping point.

[PatSeg]

13. And!!!

[mimi85]

20. Thanks for this

First time I've smiled in awhile.

[PatSeg]

23. I've been finding

a lot of uses for it lately!

Have a good weekend

[HAB911]

14. The well oiled machine is so slippery

people keep sliding out the back door of the WH

[bench scientist]

32. Trump administration purring along like a well oiled dumpster fire.nt

[L. Coyote]

15. Congratulations to Bannon. He'll enjoy spending more time with his gin.

Link to tweet

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[TeapotInATempest]

25. I love that last pic.

4 down, 2 to go.

[klook]

70. Next Red X

is for the guy on the left. But I'm strongly hoping for a two-fer.

[Botany]

27. 2 more to go

BTW who is the guy standing to the right of Trump

[bearsfootball516]

34. I think Priebus

[bench scientist]

35. Prebius?

[PatSeg]

28. Ha, ha, ha

He'll leave with his reputation as tarnished as when he went in!

[dalton99a]

31. +1

[Mystery sage]

56. Oh my God

Pence seem so lonely now....

[Duppers]

87. More time with his gin...

[LudwigPastorius]

16. McMaster and Kelly prevail.

Go crawl back under a rock, Stevie.

[Indigoskies]

91. Don't Think SO

Sorry I wish it was so, but I think it was more due to Trump's ego. Trump just couldn't stand that Bannon kept stealing the spotlight, and reportedly it had him "fuming" these last few days. Both Bannon and Trump are men with big egos, and while Bannon never actually wanted to be president he did want the power, and he sure knew that he was a heck of a lot smarter than Trump. Bannon's problem was that he never was quite content to remain the hidden puppet master, the role he probably had scripted for himself, but because of his own ego, he frequently upstaged Trump himself. Might also have something to do with normal frustration of smarter man knowing he's serving under a fool.

Anyway, from the sound of that interview Bannon's none too happy with Trump, and now that he's been cut loose, who knows what he's likely to do. He definitely knows dirt. And this is definitely a vile and nasty man....

[flibbitygiblets]

17. Hallelujah! Now may the revenge campaign against tRump begin!

Bannon's a vengeful fucker. Plus raging alcoholics are not known for their eh, restraint.

[TeapotInATempest]

29. I've got my popcorn ready!

[SonofDonald]

71. Yup, it's coming soon at breitbart..

Should start today I'd think, you know bannon was forced out no matter what he says about resigning.

I bet he's so pissed off at 45 that whatever he's drinking at the moment catches fire when it hits his lips ( now that's a sick image ) trumpy won't be able to keep his mouth shut and at the first hint of snark from bannon will unload a tweetstorm on him.

We should be prepared for a back and forth burning of the bridges anytime now.

It's going to be epic.

[keithbvadu2]

18. Remove/resign - different versions of who took action.

[Cryptoad]

22. May be for Health reasons,,,,

looks like he is one high ball away from his liver exploding!

[SWBTATTReg]

24. tRUMP's pathetic attempt to deflect the truth about himself won't work

Too late tRUMP. We know what you are!!!

A failed human being, and fake president...

[Duppers]

88. Exactly!

[IronLionZion]

26. CNN link: Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon out at White House

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/18/politics/steve-bannon-white-house/index.html

[LisaM]

30. Boo Effing Hoo.

Until somehow or somewhere, Bannon admits that Hillary should have been president, I have zero sympathy for him.

[AKing]

33. Waiting for the inevitable "You're fired...I resigned...Did too..Did Not"!

[ButSeeYa]

36. There IS a God!

Stephen Miller, Sebastian Gorka and Donald Trump need to follow suit.

[Kleveland]

60. Not necessarily in that order!

A few others too, like maybe ALL OF THEM !

I am too lazy to list all of the hemorrhoids....


Definition of hemorrhoid per online Merriam-Webster:

" An abnormal mass of dilated and engorged blood suckers in swollen government that occurs internally in the White House or externally in the Halls of Congress. —usually used in plural —called also piles."

Okay, so I edited it a little bit....

[Montauk6]

39. Fire Bannon???? But where's the sport in that?

Oh well, wonderful opportunity now for Alex Jones.

[Xolodno]

40. Bannon got banned.

I also think the whole "he resigned just before Charlotte and the waited" is BS. This was damage control.

[janx]

43. Yep.

Clearly.

[janx]

41. I'm laughing my backside off at Breitbart right now.

It's on FIRE!

[Pugster]

42. Stop "deciding", and do it

I have to see it to believe it.

[47of74]

44. Ding dong...

[Dave Starsky]

45. [Trump's] "averse to confrontation within his inner circle"

Ha ha. What a lovely way to say that he's a fucking coward.

[Javaman]

46. frankly, I don't think he had any input on the decision.

I think it was done and he just went along with it.

[Blue Owl]

47. Deep in the anals of power...

n/t

[George II]

49. Not a typo, correct?

[Blue Owl]

50. Most correctal

[Bengus81]

48. Oh boy...that will get the rabid NEO CONS who voted for Trump going full blast...n/t

[L. Coyote]

54. No worries there! Ultimately you don't need a Bannon when you are a Bannon.

Link to tweet

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[Dopers_Greed]

52. Now Bannon is going to work over Trump like he did his ex-wife

Metaphorically speaking

[George II]

53. Hey, reverse the initials of your screen name - curious (I revel in stuff like this):

Gropers_Deed

Prophetic! Donnie to a T.

[Duppers]

89. Gawd, I hope.

[rockfordfile]

55. Folks this is just smoke and mirrors.

[mulsh]

58. More like "tells aids to feed this bs to the press and shut them up. I strongly suspect Bannon will

still be a valuable but physically distant advisor. I'm probably cynical because pretty much every thing that comes out of this White House turns out to be a lie.

[BlueAZure]

59. How the Trump Presidency Ends

I came to this conclusion some time ago, and I'm sure I'm not alone in this assessment, but now that it seems it’s coming true, I wanted to share.


For the rest of his time in office, Trump will take credit for anything that might be positive that happens on his watch, even if he had nothing to do with it. Even if he was against it, he will pretend that it was really his idea. However, anything negative that happens, he will either claim that it’s actually a good thing or blame someone else, or perhaps try the first and then fall back on the second.

He will continue to flail about with no particular direction, claiming that everyone else is against him, that the Mueller investigation is a ‘Witch Hunt’, and that he’s the victim of the ‘Deep State’, who wants him out.

He may, in fact, fire Mueller, Sessions, or anyone else who doesn’t show sufficient ‘loyalty’. Loyalty to Trump, that is, not loyalty to the nation.

If he lasts long enough, he may start a war, though after China said it will come to Pyongyang’s aid if they are preemptively attacked, I doubt it will be with North Korea. (No bets on that one.)

In the end, as his support dwindles to the most hard-core of the hard-core of his supporters (who themselves will just become even more entrenched), he will resign before he can be impeached, pardon his entire family and a number of close allies (both inside and outside of the government), and most likely himself as well.

[Juliusseizure]

80. He'll only resign before an impeachment

Based on his court history, he'll fight until the trial date is imminent then settle. That way he never risks "losing".

He's addicted to attention and loves his current position of being the most powerful man on earth. Negative attention is much better than none.

The bar is set so low that any semblance of rational behavior or act of sympathy gets his polls to jump. The WH can have him reading to children in an inner city school and being Uncle Don. That's all it takes to bring him back.

He'll only resign if he knows Mueller has enough to press charges - which may be the case now - and after his recommendations go to the house to consider articles of impeachment.

[Roland99]

61. Der Twitler still won't backtrack on Charlottesville

[world wide wally]

62. Bring back the Mooch!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

63. Donald Trump senior strategist Steven Bannon resigns citing need to spend more time with his family,

Donald Trump senior strategist Steven Bannon resigns citing need to spend more time with his family, his cocaine, and his Thunderbird Wine.

Link to tweet

[thegoose]

64. Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

65. And the Gin Blossom Special goes rolling down the track

[TeapotInATempest]

66. So, Bannon chose Pence as Trump's VP for some unknown reason, right?

What do you suppose are the implications here of Pence sticking like glue to Trump? Will he leak info back to Bannon and, therefore, Breitbart? Will he abandon Bannon?

And why exactly was he Bannon's choice?? Enquiring minds want to know...

[Tanuki]

67. Time to get out the red sharpie...

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[George II]

68. By the time this is over the only ones remaining will be the son in law and the two skulls.

[Honeycombe8]

72. Oh, it's a "he said, he said." Hard to say w/2 huge egos like those.

We know that Trump ALWAYS declares himself the decision maker and the winner. Always. When those CEOs left that think tank group, Trump announces HE disbanded it.

I suspect Bannon is the same.

In the end, it doesn't matter, I guess. If Bannon starts attacking Trump, I guess maybe Trump fired him, so he's retaliating. Unless Bannon left because Trump didn't back him up.

[Aristus]

73. Saving the Titanic by throwing the ship's supply of ice overboard.

[JHB]

74. Trying to keep up: is he out for real, or is it just "sources say"?

Has Trump tweeted congratulations to some other guy as his (whatever Bannon's title is), without announcing that the previous guy was out, as he did with Awkward After-School Special protagonist Reince Priebus?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

75. Bannon met with billionaire ally Robert Mercer earlier this week to discuss the future.

Retweeted by Drew Harwell: https://twitter.com/drewharwell

Do.Not.Be.Distracted.

Worth reupping this stellar @mateagold dive into Bannon and his benefactors the Mercers http://wapo.st/2vLlKac

Link to tweet

Post has confirmed that Bannon met with billionaire ally Robert Mercer earlier this week to discuss the future.

Link to tweet

Lots here on what could be next for Bannon, including the possibility of a new media entity involving the Mercers

Link to tweet

The Mercers and Bannon collaborated on at least five ventures before he joined Trump. My March deep-dive: http://wapo.st/mercer?tid=ss_tw …

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[hueymahl]

76. Glad to see Trump is finally draining the Swamp! NT

[Saviolo]

77. Steve Bannon has left the White House...

Steve Bannon has left the White House to spend more time looking for the Galaxy on Orion's Belt.

Link to tweet

[JDC]

78. Now Miller and Gorka need to go

[SergeStorms]

90. They've been beneath the radar.....

well, not OUR radar, but for most of America they're not household names. They will be though, before too long. Then they'll get the axe. The question is, when will the rest of America learn that all of this chaos starts at the top, not in the middle. Trump is the problem, and HE'S the one that has to go. All the others, except for Kelly, are extensions of Trump.

[syringis]

79. It reminds me...

...Agatha Christie's novel "And Then There Were None"

[Doug the Dem]

81. Bannon Banned!

Today is his last day.

[JonLP24]

82. This is damage control

Trump channeled Bannon on Tuesday and since the backlash was so bad he had no choice but to let him go.

[SergeStorms]

86. What Trump said......

is what Trump believes. He found a kindred spirit in Bannon, but Trump IS A RACIST, and a confederate apologist. The things that came out of Trump's mouth were off the top of HIS head, not Bannon's. This will do nothing to change Trump's racist tweets and his wild white nationalist behavior, rest assured.

[JonLP24]

93. I agree

but what I meant is there are speeches which has Bannon's fingerprints on it. I think Frontline's Bannon's War talks a lot about this.

I agree with you 100%.

[zentrum]

83. Bull. It's all damage control.

He was pushed out by Kelly and the obvious crisis of PR failures coming out daily. Doubt he resigned. He was pushed.

[SergeStorms]

84. Breitbart is reportedly....

ready to go NUCLEAR on Trump's ass!

Perhaps the rumor IS true that Trump will resign soon. I can't imagine Trump will let Bannon and Breitbart savage him, especially since Bannon knows where A LOT of the bodies are buried!


OUR HORRIBLE NATIONAL NIGHTMARE MAY BE CLOSE TO BEING OVER!

But then, there's Pence. But that's another battle. One asshole at a time.

[IronLionZion]

85. I hope Bannon has lots of good dirt and is feeling vindictive

spill the beans!

[raven mad]

92. So it's elective surgery, right?

I hear hemorrhoids are tough to get rid of.