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In reply to the discussion: via Daily Kos: Trump Has Illegally Bypassed Senate Consent on Bannon Appointment to NSC [View all]PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)56. Trump appointed Bannon as a permanent member according to reporting from the Washington Post
The president compounded this error of structure with an error of judgment that should send shivers down the spine of every American and our allies worldwide. Even as he pushed away professional security advice, Trump decided to make his top political advisor, Stephen K. Bannon, a permanent member of the NSC. Although the White House chief of staff is typically a participant in NSC deliberations, I do not know of another situation in which a political adviser has been a formal permanent member of the council.
[link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-danger-of-steve-bannon-on-the-national-security-council/2017/01/29/ba3982a2-e663-11e6-bf6f-301b6b443624_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-a%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.5b827f665a1ahttp://|
Obama was heavily criticized by Republicans for allowing Axelrod to attend an occasional NSC meeting (but never a meeting of the "principals" at the beginning of his first term in office. Bush actually BANNED Rove from attending all NSC to avoid the appearance of political motives for national security decisions.
Some have also pointed to comments by Joshua Bolten, the former chief of staff to Bush,and how he recalled the former president specifically demanding that adviser Karl Rove not attend meetings where national security issues were discussed.
"It wasn't because he didn't respect Karl's advice or didn't value his input," Bolten said at a national security forum last September. "But the president also knew that the signal he wanted to send to the rest of his administration, the signal he wanted to send to the public, and the signal he especially wanted to send to the military is that the decisions I'm making that involve life and death for the people in uniform will not be tainted by any political decisions."
"It wasn't because he didn't respect Karl's advice or didn't value his input," Bolten said at a national security forum last September. "But the president also knew that the signal he wanted to send to the rest of his administration, the signal he wanted to send to the public, and the signal he especially wanted to send to the military is that the decisions I'm making that involve life and death for the people in uniform will not be tainted by any political decisions."
[link:http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-controversial-adviser-stephen-bannon-seat-national-security/story?id=45122927|
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via Daily Kos: Trump Has Illegally Bypassed Senate Consent on Bannon Appointment to NSC [View all]
Farmgirl1961
Jan 2017
OP
Nor is he a Secretary or Undersecretary of any otherexecutive or military department.
lastlib
Jan 2017
#20
I don't see that banhim fits any of the above. He's only the president in the shadows
KewlKat
Jan 2017
#21
I just posted this on Facebook. We need to be LOUD on this one!! SHARE IT!
titaniumsalute
Jan 2017
#39
Bannon isn't Secretary or Undersecretary of anything. This appointment is totally illegal. n/t
rzemanfl
Jan 2017
#41
That is for membership on the National Security Council -- but there are many who attend who aren't
fishwax
Jan 2017
#48
Trump appointed Bannon as a permanent member according to reporting from the Washington Post
PA Democrat
Jan 2017
#56
Okay, that's YOOGE! It was bad enough when Trump appointed Bannon to the NSC,
TrollBuster9090
Jan 2017
#30