Steve Bannon out as President Trump’s chief strategist

WTVR-TV ^ | August 18, 2017 | CNN Wire

[2ndDivisionVet]

President Donald Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon is out at the White House, two administration officials told CNN on Friday.

The President has privately stewed over Bannon in recent days, including Thursday night from his golf course in New Jersey. He was furious with his chief strategist after he was quoted in an interview with the American Prospect contradicting him on North Korea and asserting that he was able to make personnel changes at the State Department.

He did not travel with the President during the first week of what White House officials described as a “working vacation” at Trump’s golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey. Instead Bannon remained in Washington to work out of a temporary office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

Bannon grew up in Richmond and is a graduate of Benedictine High School.....

[AppyPappy]

This is what happens when you elect a CEO instead of a politician.

[Ashok0]

Is this a joke post?

[ChuteTheMall]

Even Corey Lewandowski is still all over the media as an unofficial Trump spokesman, and he was publicly fired over a year ago.

Now Bannon will not have to take orders from General Kelly and he can speak freely.

[Terry Mross]

I’ll take some flames with you and say I don’t think he’ll finish his first term. At the very least he’ll simply rude out his first term and not run again.

I would have told the world to stick it a long time ago. Having 60,000,000 voters BEHIND you is no real help. Trump needs them in front of him trampling over the swamp creatures. Get my meaning?

But all of his current problems are of his own making. He appointed members of the deep state to his cabinet and, for some reason, decided to take advice from Chelsea’s best friend and her best friend’s husband.

[heights]

Thinking Buddha and Jimmy the snake, two non contributors backing each other. I’m so impressed

[Maverick68]

Yes, it’s bad news....
Yes, much drama on this thread.....

[Mozilla]

SHOCK TWIST: POTUS TRUMP May KEEP Steve Bannon!
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/08/shock-twist-potus-trump-may-keep-steve-bannon/

[pgkdan]

How do you square that idea with LS out this morning trying to push that kelly and trump approved that Interview

That was one of my two theories. One was that Bannon was effectively already out the door and two was that it was a setup. Wasn't sure which one but I thought it was one or the other. Who knows? Maybe it's both.

[madison10]

The MSM has A DVD. They cannot focus for long on one issue. I think Bannon took one for the team. The all is lost Bannon is gone crybabies need to knock it off.

[Bratch]

Good Grief – CNN Pushing To Get Steve Bannon Fired and Bannon “Allies” Now Helping CNN…

Posted on August 11, 2017 by sundance

In the entire ridiculous enterprise of Steve Bannon -vs- HR McMaster the idiots on the #FireMcMaster side are ultimately going to end up delivering an exit for Steve Bannon. Then again, I repeat myself – SEE HERE –

But seriously, if there was validity to the #FireMcMaster issues, which there isn’t, and if we supported the #FireMcMaster cause, which we don’t, anyone with any intelligence at all would drop the anti-McMaster premise during a high visibility national security crisis like North Korea.

Then again, we ain’t exactly talking about the sharpest tacks in the political toolbox.  And if you understand that dynamic, you’ll also understand the reason why Jake Tapper is pushing this story right now.

The real target is Steve Bannon. Cue the audio visual demonstration – WATCH.

[...]

Predictably the professional political left know how to game out this dynamic.

The professionally democrat are much better political strategists; and they are more than happy to play along, knowing exactly what to do. Meanwhile, in their efforts to take down McMaster the useful idiots and battered conservatives in right-wing media are walking obliviously into a familiar trap.

The person the professional-political-left really want to target is Steve Bannon. Bannon represents everything the left-wing activists hate. They’ve already tried a few different approaches to take him down and isolate him from the presidency, with no measurable success.

[…]  It took about 24 hours for the professional left to identify the benefit, but as soon as they did they immediately took action to fuel the angst against McMaster. They know just how to play it out. Liberal activists are much more Machievellian-minded from years of tutelage at the knee of Alinsky’s ideologues.

They know e.x.a.c.t.l.y how to play this out, and create a Win/Win.

The real target is Bannon.

The professional-left know how to use the McMaster crisis as an opportunity to engage their real target. If leftists can help create a division between Bannon and McMaster they are more than willing to do so.

Ultimately they know if they can force a binary-choice between McMaster and Bannon, President Trump will have to choose HR McMaster.

The removal of Bannon, they predict, will infuriate the Trump base of support and ultimately provide the fracture needed to weaken the president.

HR McMaster has the support of General John Kelly, President Trump’s new Chief-of-Staff.

McMaster also has the support and confidence from: Defense Secretary General Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Joint-Chiefs Chairman General Joseph Dunford, Admiral Mike Rogers (NSA), Mike Pompeo (CIA) and ODNI Dan Coats.

Do you really think in a binary-choice between political strategist Steve Bannon and Nat/Sec Advisor HR McMaster, Prsident Trump is going to rebuke the most senior intelligence and security officials in his administration?

Think about it.

No, really. Stop and think about it.

Follow the anti-McMaster argument to its logical conclusion.

Do you really expect to see President Trump fire National Security Advisor HR McMaster?

The second National Security Advisor released in 200 days?

Right now, with the crisis with North Korea in every headline?

It’s not going to happen.

If the antagonism continues the only loser will be Steve Bannon.   The left-wing media and all of President Trump’s oppositional entities know this reality is at the end of the current path.

They couldn’t be happier.

[Mozilla]

Now I am hearing he resigned and submitted resignation August 7th.

[Chgogal]

I hadn’t realized that Trump wouldn’t be Trump w/o Bannon. Sheesh!

[AllAmericanGirl44]

Why would you not have his back if his plans don’t get done? Is he a dictator and I somehow missed that event? Put a fire on McConnell and Ryan and shut corker McCain and the rest of the zoo animals up! It’s not Trumps fault that Barry and Hillary are funding the alt left rejects

[madison10]

ADHD Seriously, autocorrect?

[Fantasywriter]

‘President Jared Kushner and First Lady Ivanka Trump from now on.
Goodbye Mr. Trump while it lasted.’

A big day for Cruz supporters, is it?

Oh those Cruz diehards—never shy about prophesying gloom and doom for Trump, they aren’t.

[TroutGuy]

In his recent interview, Bannon basically said Trump was bluffing when he talked tough to North Korea. Trump may, in fact, have been bluffing, but if you’re playing a high stakes card game and you decide to bluff, you really don’t need your buddy looking over your shoulder telling everyone “his cards are crap- he’s bluffing.” That’s basically what Bannon did, so I can see why Trump removed him.

[petro45acp]

It wasn’t supposed to go like this...

Instead of dismantling the pump, the swamp was supposed to be draining. Feckless social-facist democrats, and spineless hapless back-rolling-belly-showing-establishment-protecting rhino dirtbag republicans are to blame.

There is not a single bit of honor nor a speck of respect for the Constitution, understanding of the Bill of Rights in ALLLLLLLLL of government!

/rant(lite, full rant might have been profanity laced and longer)

KYPD yall, it’s gonna be a long one...

[GOPJ]

I like Steve Bannon and I’m sorry to see him out - BUT I STILL BACK PRESIDENT TRUMP ONE HUNDRED PERCENT.

[Alcibiades]

Or he’s simply reverting to that which he always was.

[GOPJ]

Bannon’s still a leader in our movement - he’s just not ‘doing his thing’ from the White House.

Effing liberal elites are praying we’ll leave President Trump over this... they are WRONG.

ALL OF US ARE STAYING WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP...