Discussion: Steve Bannon Removed From National Security Council

I was just thinking who was it that got to Rump and went to the mat against Bannon? Was it Kushner or even Mattis/McMaster who basically gave an ultimatum of “him or me”? Neither of whom actually need their current positions.

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https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-04-05/bannon-removed-from-national-security-council-role-in-shakeup

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Sounds good to me!

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Hmmm… how deeply was Bannon involved in the Nunes debacle? I wonder if Cohen-Watnick is going down also.

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What draws you to that conclusion? I’m not complaining, I’m just confused and cautiously optimistic as to what this all means.

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Flynn is getting a second (zombie) wind as a convenient scapegoat.

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I love it. :slight_smile:

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Praise The Lord and Pass The Ammunition.

Now, how many 30 year old “senior intelligence officials” did he leave behind?

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Oh, we won’t have to wait long to find out. Jefferson “Beau the Plumber” has been utterly feckless in stopping the leaks. We’ll hear tomorrow morning at the latest.

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Nothing I can reference, just a gut feeling that there is something bigly yuge afoot that would force Bannon off NSC. Fingers crossed…

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How will the NSC manage without this man’s expertise?

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Cannot wait for the back story, hoping that it will not be instead some foolish rationalization.

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Probably because the Asshole-elect knows he may end up in the slam. Hopefully sharing a cell with a gay, Black Panther. Sad.

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Big deal. H. R. McMaster still has to fetch coffee for Ezra Cohen-Watnick when he snaps his fingers.

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Sounds like Jared/Ivanka have taken over the WH and decided it’s time for yet another staff reshuffle. Great, the real estate heir and the jewelry hawker are running the country!

Priebus should be tuning up his resume because he and Bannon share an office and are supposedly best buds.

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Cross-burnings and synagogue vandalism events will definitely be curtailed.

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I think you hit the nail on the head.

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It seems hard say because the ultimate arbiter in this debacle is Rump himself. And it’s very hard to say from one moment to the next what he’s thinking or what he values.

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FOX: Bannon has been promoted to be POTUS. It was too much to do NSC + Breitbart + Shadow POTUS.

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Yeah, I’d guess McMaster just saw his opening and took it. Bannon should never have been in that position.

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