Posted on 02/21/2017 7:37:11 PM PST by little jeremiah
WASHINGTON—White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday that if President Donald Trump’s newly appointed national security adviser wanted to remove chief strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council’s principals committee, the president would “take that under serious consideration.”
“The president has made clear to him he’s got full authority to structure the national security team the way he wants,” Mr. Spicer...
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
Is this true, do you know? Can’t read the whole article, not that that means anything. I loathe the media with every fibre of my being.
If Margaret Thatcher were alive she would say “Now don’t go wobbly Donald.”
My understanding that too much civilian oversight was why the admiral refused the job. It was probably a necessary bargaining chip.
Bannon will still be rewarded.
That’s an accurate description of what Spicer said. Why does it concern you?
Press briefing did not appear to mention anything about Steve Bannon.
The article already has two strikes against it since it’s from the WSJ.
Why doesn’t it concern you?
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon
Bannon was an officer in the United States Navy for seven years in the late 1970s and early 1980s, serving on the destroyer USS Paul F. Foster as a surface warfare officer in the Pacific Fleet and stateside as a special assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations at the Pentagon.[34] Upon his departure he was ranked as a lieutenant (O-3).
After his military service, Bannon worked at Goldman Sachs as an investment banker in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department.[36]When he left the company he held the position of vice president.[37][b] In 1990, Bannon and several colleagues from Goldman Sachs launched Bannon & Co., a boutique investment bank specializing in media. Through this company, Bannon negotiated the sale of Castle Rock Entertainment to Ted Turner. As payment, Bannon & Co. accepted a financial stake in five television shows, including Seinfeld. Société Générale purchased Bannon & Co. in 1998.[32]
In 1993, while still managing Bannon & Co., Bannon was made acting director of the Earth-science research project Biosphere 2 in Oracle, Arizona. Under Bannon, the project shifted emphasis from researching space exploration and colonization toward pollution and global warming. He left the project in 1995.[39][40]
In the 1990s, Bannon ventured into the entertainment and media industry. He became an executive producer in the Hollywood film and media industry. Bannon produced 18 films[26] from the 1992 Sean Penn drama The Indian Runner to executive producing Julie Taymor’s 1999 film Titus. Bannon became a partner with entertainment industry executive Jeff Kwatinetz at The Firm, Inc., a film and television management company.[32]
In 2004, Bannon made a documentary about Ronald Reagan titled In the Face of Evil. Through the making and screening of this film, Bannon was introduced to Peter Schweizer and publisher Andrew Breitbart, who would later describe him as the Leni Riefenstahl of the Tea Party movement.[32] He was involved in the financing and production of a number of films, including Fire from the Heartland: The Awakening of the Conservative Woman, The Undefeated (on Sarah Palin), and Occupy Unmasked.
Bannon persuaded Goldman Sachs to invest, in 2006, in a company known as Internet Gaming Entertainment.[41] Following a lawsuit, the company rebranded as Affinity Media and Bannon took over as CEO. From 2007 through 2011, Bannon was the chair and CEO of Affinity Media.[42][43]
In 2007, Bannon wrote an eight-page treatment for a new documentary called Destroying the Great Satan: The Rise of Islamic Facism (sic) in America. The outline describes Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Islamic Society of North America as “cultural jihadists”. Bannon wrote the outline himself, and it labels the Washington Post, the New York Times, NPR, “Universities and the Left”, the “American Jewish Community”, the ACLU, the CIA, the FBI, the State Department, and the White House as “enablers” of a covert mission to establish an Islamic Republic in the United States.[44] In 2011, Bannon spoke at the “Liberty Restoration Foundation” in Orlando, Florida about the Economic Crisis of 2008, the potential impact on Medicare and Medicaid, and his 2010 film Generation Zero.[45]
Bannon was executive chair and co-founder of the Government Accountability Institute, a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, where he helped orchestrate the publication of the book Clinton Cash,[32][46] from its founding in 2012 until he left in August 2016.[47] For the years 2012 through 2015, he received between $81,000 and $100,000 each year; the organization reported that he worked an average of 30 hours per week for the organization.[47]
In 2015, Bannon was ranked No. 19 on Mediaite’s list of the “25 Most Influential in Political News Media 2015”.[48]
Bannon also hosted a radio show (Breitbart News Daily) on the SiriusXM Patriot satellite radio channel.[49]
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Sean Spicer said that if Lt. Gen. Herbert Raymond McMaster does not want such a person on the National Security Council, President Donald J. Trump would seriously consider it. What, do you think, are the chances of that happening?
Well lets see:
They took out Flynn, then Milo (which doesn’t matter to me either way) and now they are working on Bannon...
Lies, ‘Very Fake News’, so I would call this B.S.!!!
Tell me why I should be concerned.
1. I really, really, REALLY admire Bannon and I don’t want him gone from that position.
2. McMaster apparently has not a freaking clue about Islam. Bannon does.
NSA McMaster: Islamic State uses “perverted interpretation of religion”
“We are engaged today, as General George C. Marshall’s generation was engaged, against enemies who pose a great threat to all civilized peoples. As our World War II generation defeated Nazi Fascism and Japanese imperialism, and as later generations defeated Communist totalitarianism, we will defeat today’s enemies, including terrorist organizations like Daesh, who cynically use a perverted interpretation of religion to incite hatred and justify horrific cruelty against innocents.” — Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, speech to Virginia Military Institute, Center for Leadership and Excellence, November 21, 2016
That’s why I want verification. I do not trust WSJ. But I also feel very dubious about McMaster because of his statements about Islam and ISIS,as noted above.
The Deep State could use some civilian oversight. The IC seems to be on net after Trump. Trump needs a visible mole to let the sun shine in....
Thanks. I wonder if Spicer said, when was it, and context.
I am a bit nervous about McMaster, as I posted above. I know that Bannon understands the threat of Islam, not just “ISIS”.
Everything Trump does has a strategy, an end-goal. I believe the theory that Flynn self-sacrificed himself so the Russian story can get killed and Trump can go about doing his job.
The only thing I'm angry about is how the GOP Congress is dragging their feet, not confirming his nominees or putting bills on his desk.
One of my favorite films.
I’m not hyperventilating.
Spicer implied (or maybe I just inferred) that if McMaster wants to change the makeup of the NSC all he needs to do is discuss it with Trump. I don’t see a problem here.
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