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Trump Tower meeting with Russians 'treasonous', Steve Bannon says in explosive book
The guardian UK ^ | 3/1/18 | D Smith

Posted on 01/03/2018 8:17:45 AM PST by Be Careful

Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon has described the Trump Tower meeting between the president’s son and a group of Russians during the 2016 election campaign as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic”, according to an explosive new book seen by the Guardian.

Trump-Russia investigation: the key questions answered Read more Bannon, speaking to author Michael Wolff, warned that the investigation into alleged collusion with the Kremlin will focus on money laundering and predicted: “They’re going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV.”

Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, reportedly based on more than 200 interviews with the president, his inner circle and players in and around the administration, is one of the most eagerly awaited political books of the year. In it, Wolff lifts the lid on a White House lurching from crisis to crisis amid internecine warfare, with even some of Trump’s closest allies expressing contempt for him.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: bannon; bookdeals; michaelwolff; schizophrenic
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To: Fantasywriter
No, you're right, it isn't.
81 posted on 01/03/2018 9:12:02 AM PST by marron
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To: odawg

Bannon wrote it.


82 posted on 01/03/2018 9:13:38 AM PST by joesbucks
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To: marron

Well you were right too. Trump’s son should have sent a surrogate. It was their first campaign, and the Deep State exploited their inexperience. But Bannon isn’t helping.


83 posted on 01/03/2018 9:14:01 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: joesbucks

Nope, Bannon did NOT write it. You ever tried reading the article?


84 posted on 01/03/2018 9:19:07 AM PST by odawg
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To: Fantasywriter

Bannon has jumped two sharks in the course of just a few months. Perhaps there is more to his ouster from the White House, in reflection, than we could see at the time.

Judgment does not appear to be his strong suit. Trump can make seemingly outlandish Tweets stand up over and over again because they always have truth behind them. Bannon just flails wildly and goes off like a loose cannon.

Either that or he’s about to perform a David Brock. Whichever, he’s not someone you can rely on to pull the wagon.


85 posted on 01/03/2018 9:19:41 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: Be Careful

??

How can a poster merge articles on a timeline into one post?


86 posted on 01/03/2018 9:20:53 AM PST by Freedom56v2 (#KATE'SWALL Build it Now)
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To: ichabod1

At an editorial piece at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3619050/posts the author makes the connection between the Alinsky tactics the leftists always use and Alinsky’s dedication of “Rules for Radicals” to Lucifer. Given more recent evidences of the Satanic underpinnings of the whole leftist movement, it makes sense that they all fall in line with Satan’s agenda, and why they stand together in support of each other’s “work”: They are all slaves to the same master, the Father of Lies.


87 posted on 01/03/2018 9:20:54 AM PST by butterdezillion
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To: Fantasywriter

> Bannon did one better. He issued a confirmation. It’s near the top of the Breitbart news site. <

I wouldn’t have believed it. But you’re right. The Russian story was slowly fading. Not anymore, courtesy of Bannon.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/03/book-steve-bannon-calls-kushner-manafort-don-jr-trump-tower-meeting-russians-treasonous/


88 posted on 01/03/2018 9:21:24 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

You posted just about the best summary/analysis I’ve seen.

+1

(Btw, I do believe there was more to Bannon’s ouster than was made public. Bannon’s been pushing outright gossip since his WH departure. He was likely a confirmed leaker prior to the departure.


89 posted on 01/03/2018 9:23:10 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Leaning Right

In fairness to that bastard Bannon, it says Breitbart.com wrote the article. The editor has been an ***hole for a long time now. He used to always report MSM articles as fact when they were negative to Trump. It could just be his usual method of operation here.


90 posted on 01/03/2018 9:25:12 AM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Lakeside Granny

FAKE NEWS ALERT!!!!

Look where this is coming from.

It’s NOT on Breitbart, I don’t believe it.


With all due respect, how about checking before posting as fact? It is, in fact, on Breitbart...

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/03/book-steve-bannon-calls-kushner-manafort-don-jr-trump-tower-meeting-russians-treasonous/


91 posted on 01/03/2018 9:30:28 AM PST by Freedom56v2 (#KATE'SWALL Build it Now)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

In fairness to that bastard Bannon, it says Breitbart.com wrote the article. <

Bannon is not just associated with Breitbart. He’s the executive chairman. It’s hard to believe that something this explosive would get posted there without his blessing.

But who knows? If it’s some rogue editor, that story will be pulled, and fast. If not...


92 posted on 01/03/2018 9:32:01 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Leaning Right

Just a guess here, but it seems to me that Bannon’s dislike of Kushner is very personal. Prior to Comey’s ouster, Kushner advised Trump to fire him, and Bannon counseled that firing Comey would be a mistake. Trump opted to get rid of Comey, and Bannon’s had the long knives out ever since.

.


93 posted on 01/03/2018 9:32:11 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Fantasywriter

TY.

Perhaps it was that he was pushing outright gossip within the WH as well. He does appear to profile as the kind of personality that would utilize leaks for his advantage. He seems ruthless in that way.


94 posted on 01/03/2018 9:32:57 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: Be Careful

Fake news


95 posted on 01/03/2018 9:34:03 AM PST by Guenevere
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To: Be Careful

And what do you think they had to offer Trump?

the ip address of Hillary’s open email server serving up the most classified information in the US

meanwhile, Saudi Arabia paid 25% of hillary campaign contributions. that wasn’t trying to influence the election??


96 posted on 01/03/2018 9:34:30 AM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Leaning Right

It will become clear by the end of the day when Bannon wakes up from his drunken stupor.


97 posted on 01/03/2018 9:34:55 AM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Be Careful

Remember that fancy media center the Pentagon built in Kuwait just before the Iraq war? I can remember that little homo Michael Wolf whining to one of the Army Generals that the media were all there listening to speeches while all the real news was happening with the troops. The General just looked at him.


98 posted on 01/03/2018 9:35:46 AM PST by SeeSharp
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To: Leaning Right

There are no rogue editors at Breitbart. I read an article about Bannon’s leadership style. He’s a dictator/control freak. The Wolfe story and its placement can confidently be attributed to Bannon.


99 posted on 01/03/2018 9:36:07 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Be Careful

Somebody needs to stop sniffing glue.


100 posted on 01/03/2018 9:37:31 AM PST by McGruff (Lock Her Up! In a Padded Cell!)
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