Posted on 04/06/2017 1:33:31 PM PDT by markomalley
White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has attended the first meeting of the National Security Council after he was removed from the principals committee Wednesday.
CNBC reported Bannon can attend meetings of the principals committee if he was invited by President Trump or national security adviser H.R. McMaster. A White House official reported Bannon rarely attended meetings when he was a member of the principals committee.
But, he apparently decided to attend on Wednesday for a meeting on an unspecified topic.
"He is one of the president's closest and most trusted advisers," a White House source told CNBC when asked why Bannon attended.
Bannon's appointment to the National Security Council was seen as controversial in the early days of the Trump administration, given the stories about Muslims and foreign countries published during his time in charge of Breitbart.
Democrats were concerned about Bannon's appointment to the council because of his past statements in which he compared himself to Vladimir Lenin and advocated for the destruction of the administrative state. Some Democratic lawmakers even introduced a bill to prevent him from being on the council.
Bloomberg reported Bannon was on the council to provide a sort of check on former national security adviser Mike Flynn. Flynn was eventually run out of the White House for inaccurately telling Vice President Mike Pence about the nature and frequency of his conversations with the Russian ambassador in the lead up to Trump's inauguration.
If you can’t believe them on Steve Bannon, why would you trust them on Syria?
They will unmask us before they Damascus.
What say you, those who have been trolled by this non-story the past 2 days?
My understanding is that he’s not a formal member of the NSC, but still has security clearances and will attend any damn meeting President Trump wants him to attend.
Sounds like the ‘sheep’ have been taken to the ‘cleaners’ again...
The press has been trying to create friction and tension within the Administration where it doesn’t exist. They start the rumors and innuendos, and their reports are always proven fake. Some articles yesterday said he still had his security clearance, and would still be attending NSC meetings.
So then why the hell was he removed in the first place
So then why the hell was he removed in the first place
According to lib media Bannon was a huge shakeup of colossal proportions. Unprecedented.
“...he compared himself to Vladimir Lenin...”???
Context, please.
Who cares? As long as he still has Trumps ear.
It just makes no sense that Syria/Russia would use WMD at this time.
The media is sooooooo confused. :-)
Gee, is an “I told you so” in order?
There was never any ‘shakeup’.
Two reasons: One, Trump gave General McMaster the right to structure the NSC however he wanted, and a political strategist probably isn’t essential for the team. Second, Bannon said he was put on initially to undo the crap Susan Rice had done to “operationalize” the NSC and having done that, he was no longer needed there.
He can be read-in on any program or issue at the President’s direction.
Or like this?
You are the White House after yesterday....of course you send him!
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