Posted on 08/19/2017 6:22:26 AM PDT by davikkm
In Steve Bannon’s first interview after he left the White House was with the WEEKLY STANDARD: http://www.weeklystandard.com/bannon-the-trump-presidency-that-we-fought-for-and-won-is-over./article/2009355
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“The Trump presidency that we fought for, and won, is over,” Bannon said Friday, shortly after confirming his departure. “We still have a huge movement, and we will make something of this Trump presidency. But that presidency is over. It’ll be something else. And there’ll be all kinds of fights, and there’ll be good days and bad days, but that presidency is over.”
“On August 7th , I talked to [Chief of Staff John] Kelly and to the President, and I told them that my resignation would be effective the following Monday, on the 14th,” he said. “I’d always planned on spending one year. General Kelly has brought in a great new system, but I said it would be best. I want to get back to Breitbart.”
“What Trump ran on—border wall, where is the funding for the border wall, one of his central tenets, where have they been? Have they rallied around the Perdue-Cotton immigration bill? On what element of Trump’s program, besides tax cuts—which is going to be the standard marginal tax cut—where have they rallied to Trump’s cause? They haven’t.”
“I think they’re going to try to moderate him,” he says. “I think he’ll sign a clean debt ceiling, I think you’ll see all this stuff. His natural tendency—and I think you saw it this week on Charlottesville—his actual default position is the position of his base, the position that got him elected. I think you’re going to see a lot of constraints on that. I think it’ll be much more conventional.”
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The previous administration and the democrats in congress NEVER MAKE DEALS. NEVER.
Trump’s presidency is hardly “over.”
The nature of the fight may not have been what people expected. Achieving policy victories will require exposing and defeating all the enemies of the Republic.
I don’t know about over. Odds are I suppose. But Trump is never going to be more than a spped bump on the way to the collapse of our Republic anyway.
The heart and soul was Bannon.
He already something that will have incalculable results down the road.
He galvanized the opposition to the left. He forged a movement. We were dispirited, back on our heels, and grumbling during Obama. That’s over.
We now know how to fight. And win.
This is not about politicians. If we wait for them to save us, we are doomed anyway. WE need to push back in the culture and in academia and everywhere we can.
They may restrain him some, but he sure is getting a lot done already!
* The DOW daily closing stock market average has risen 21% since the election on November 8th. (On November 9th the DOW closed at 18,332 – on August 7th the DOW closed at 22,118).
* Since the Inauguration on January 20th the DOW is up 12%. (It was at 19,827 at January 20th.)
* The DOW took just 66 days to climb from 19,000 to above 21,000, the fastest 2,000 point run ever. The DOW closed above 19,000 for the first time on November 22nd and closed above 21,000 on March 1st.
* The DOW closed above 20,000 on January 25th and the March 1st rally matched the fastest-ever 1,000 point increase in the DOW at 24 days.
* On February 28th President Trump matched President Reagan’s 1987 record for most continuous closing high trading days when the DOW reached a new high for its 12th day in a row!
* On Monday August 7th President Trump oversaw the 2nd stock market rally of his Presidency of 9 or more days in a row of all time closing highs. No President has ever overseen 2 such rallies!
* The S&P 500 and the NASDAQ have both set new all-time highs during this period.
* The US Stock Market gained $4 trillion in wealth since Trump was elected!
* The S&P 500 also broke $20 Trillion for the first time in its history.
(Under President Obama the stock market tanked after his election by nearly 3,000 points or 33% but recovered back to its starting point by August 8th in his first 200 days. The market was still well under its all time high by more than 4,000 points.)
US Debt
As of today, President Trump decreased the US Debt since his inauguration by (-$102) Billion. President Obama increased the US debt in his first 200 days by more than $1 Trillion.
Government Assistance — Food Stamps
More than 1.1 million fewer Americans on food stamps under President Trump.
Jobs
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics President Trump added a projected 1,290,000 jobs in his first 200 days (January through July 2017.) President Obama on the other hand lost more than (4,154,000) million jobs in his first 200 days.
Unemployment
Also according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics President Trump decreased the unemployment rate since his inauguration from 4.8% to 4.3% (January through July 2017). The unemployment rate in January 2017 was 4.8% and by July it was down to 4.3%. President Obama on the other hand moved in the opposite direction. In his first 200 days as President the US unemployment rate increased nearly each month from 7.8% in January 2009 to 9.5% by July of 2009.
Inflation
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics the US inflation rate decreased to an eight month low in June to 1.6%. This is in part due to President Trump’s energy policies that are helping average Americans in their pocket books with cheaper gas and electricity. The rate has not yet been reported for July. (Under Obama the inflation rate sank to a scary -2.1% by July of 2009.)
Housing Sales
Housing sales are red-hot in the US right now. In 2011, houses for sale were on the market an average 84 days. This year, it’s just 45 days.
According to the US Census Bureau, there were nearly twice as many US housing sales in the past couple of months as there were under President Obama in 2009 during the same time period. (The annualized housing sales rate for June 2017 are reported at 610,000 where in 2009 this amount was only 393,000.)
Decrease in Regulations
One of the first things that President Trump did in office was to reduce the number or burdensome regulations put in place during the Obama era. In January President Trump signed his 2 for 1 executive order mandating that for every new regulation, two regulations needed to be revoked. Even far left Politico notes that significant new federal regulations since Trump’s inauguration have slowed to an almost total halt.
Regulations cost Americans and American companies money to implement and maintain. Reducing or halting regulations allows companies to spend their money on more prudent money making areas.
Other Results
The US Manufacturing Index soared to a 33 year high in President Trump’s first six months which was the best number since 1983 under President Reagan.
Illegal immigration is down 67% since last year under President Trump.
Below is a partial list of additional actions taken by President Trump that are maintained at a reddit site:
* President Trump is donating his paycheck. He gets nothing from us for all of this work.
* He killed the TPP
* He pulled out of the Paris accord
* He had a major victory on sugar exports from Mexico. Made Mexico drop the exports % and the amount of refined sugar. Will help our sugar industry and the US sugar mills that produce refined sugar from raw sugar.
* He notified Congress of NAFTA renegotiation on May 18th. Talks can start 90 days later on Aug 16th, 2017
* He opened up selling beef to China and LNG gas as well as giving a way to get 1 billion Chinese credit scores so the USA can offer them credit. Trade deal was done in record time.
* Secretary Ross slapped more than $2 billion in fines on China and Canada for illegal trade practices.
* He repealed 14 Obama regulations via CRA saving $ billions in costs to the economy
* North Dakota experiencing a boom since Dakota access pipeline finished (500,000 Barrels now flowing through pipeline per day)
* Keystone pipeline construction ongoing
* Mining, steel and oil/gas jobs booming
* Mines reopening
* He launched the United States-Canada Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders with Canadian PM Justin Trudeau.
* He cut $1.6 billion costs from Air Force one and F-35 airplanes.
* He put a regulatory freeze on all federal governmental agencies.
* Food Stamp spending is down almost $1 billion per month and $12 billion per year per USAD
* 6,000 MS-13 gang members arrested in first 5 months
* 66,000 mostly criminal illegals arrested by ICE in first 5 months
* TRAVEL BAN upheld by SCOTUS by 9-0 ruling. Extreme vetting will now become law of the land.
* See many more positive actions at the link above
Congressional Actions
* The one material action taken by Congress was to confirm Justice Gorsuch to SCOTUS!
* 39+ bills have been signed into law so far
* Obamacare repeal and replace passed the House but remains stuck in the Senate
* Tax cuts and tax reform are moving through Congress
* Returned power to make decisions on “transgender bathrooms” to states
* The Senate voted for VA accountability act – A major victory for Trump agenda signed into law on 06/23/17.
Trump could have avoided all this BS. He should have Obama & Clintons indicted in Feb. That would have shut them up. Now he has no leverage. Sessions isn’t doing a damm thing. The rest of his staff changes daily. All because he didn’t go for the throat. Being nice never wins. I am a big trump supporter but don’t see the WINNING. Sure the economy is doing well. Won’t make a difference when war breaks out among ourselves.
Well Steve, all I can tell you is what Rush said a few days ago:
“This is what fighting back looks like, no one said it was going to be easy.”
Trump is caught in the Deep Swamp quicksand.
I hope Steve lands a huge blow to the deep state today. I need it.
What? Over? Did he say “over”? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans threatened to attack Guam? Hell no!
It's a tactic intended to put the enemy off guard.
If I were Trump I would start picking off my enemies one by one by exposing them and ruining their reputation...starting with John McCain.
I listened to Bannon and read his interview carefully. He isn’t saying Trump has failed or that Trump is done because of anything Trump has failed to do. Oh no, he is saying that the GOP has sold Trump out.
Very well Mr. Bannon, you are correct. But I have to ask, what the eff did you honestly expect?!?! These guys opposed him and everything he stood for from the day he announced his candidacy. Did you really think the Corkers, McConnells and Ryans of the DC elitist mindset would change their ways merely by virtue of Trump’s election? The fact that they failed utterly to defend the President from this Russia BS (now completely collapsing) should have been proof positive.
The GOP is a party of Stockholm syndrome, self preserving and self-enriching cowards. They are more loathsome than a room full of Maxine Waters and Elizabeth Warrens. They pretend to be one thing but are true globalist, elitists.
Mr. Bannon, you should have had a plan to take them on from day uno. Enemy identification is always key and for some reason you thought you could deal with what truly is the moderate wing of the democrat party.
Like every bitter guy whose been fired, he walks out bitching. Does he really think Donald Trump is gonna change? I don’t.
Well said. Trump failed to understand that by being nice it meant weakness and he/we are paying the price for that. The other thing is Sessions no
One could have predicted what a disasterious pick that would turn out to be. The third and possibly fatal mistake is not going scorched earth with the hold overs.
POTUS Trump does have his 1st Amendment right to freedom of speech!
Anyone who goes to Washington no matter how they are when we elect them, change quickly into their peers. I am not sure exactly how it is done, but it is disgraceful. Fear? Bribery?
Session was an obious weak-kneed smarmy milktoast even while in the Senate. Not predictable only if you weren’t looking.
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