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Trump Tells Aides He Has Decided to Remove Stephen Bannon
New York Times ^ | August 18, 2017 | MAGGIE HABERMAN

Posted on 08/18/2017 9:46:56 AM PDT by reaganaut1

President Trump has told senior aides that he has decided to remove Stephen K. Bannon, the embattled White House chief strategist who helped Mr. Trump win the 2016 election, according to two administration officials briefed on the discussion.

The president and senior White House officials were debating when and how to dismiss Mr. Bannon. The two administration officials cautioned that Mr. Trump is known to be averse to confrontation within his inner circle, and could decide to keep on Mr. Bannon for some time.

As of Friday morning, the two men were still discussing Mr. Bannon’s future, the officials said. A person close to Mr. Bannon insisted the parting of ways was his idea, and that he had submitted his resignation to the president on Aug. 7, to be announced at the start of this week, but it was delayed in the wake of the racial unrest in Charlottesville, Va.

Mr. Bannon had clashed for months with other senior West Wing advisers and members of the president’s family.

But the loss of Mr. Bannon, the right-wing nationalist who helped propel some of Mr. Trump’s campaign promises into policy reality, raises the potential for the president to face criticism from the conservative news media base that supported him over the past year.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 3; bannon; bannonresigns; braking; leakers; nyslimes; trump; yourefired
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To: RummyChick

Most obviously, that information is incorrect.


101 posted on 08/18/2017 10:42:59 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: Alberta's Child
I never understood why fabulously wealthy people like Bannon, Ross and Mnuchin would even want to work in Washington.

They have the money. The other perennial attraction, due to human nature, is power. Washington, D.C. has power in spades.

102 posted on 08/18/2017 10:44:39 AM PDT by ELS
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

“Bannon will fight the Left on the outside now”

Yes; I hope that’s the strategy. Now Bannon can go ghetto on DJT’s enemies without having to worry about what he says might reflect on the White House since he’ll no longer be an employee. I LOVE to hear Corey Lewandowski interviewed, and he never holds back. Hoping this is what’s in store with Bannon leaving.


103 posted on 08/18/2017 10:45:08 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Negative people make healthy people sick." - Roger Ailes)
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To: txhurl
Posobiec: Bannon: “I am going to go medieval on enemies of Trump now”

Sounds good. Sometime your allies can do better on the outside. And Bannon likely will still have access to the WH.

104 posted on 08/18/2017 10:45:38 AM PDT by Red Steel
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To: reaganaut1

Man, Trump is going to change everyone in his administration before four years are up. I cannot remember so many changes in just the first year.


105 posted on 08/18/2017 10:46:34 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (Believe or not, we R in the Last Days of human history. Jesus is coming back, & soon! RU saved?)
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To: Red Steel

LOL! Funny how many here are really never-Trumpers.


106 posted on 08/18/2017 10:47:03 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (Waiting for inspiration)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

He said it came from his WH sources

Btw...gorka probably next. Wonder if miller can survive


107 posted on 08/18/2017 10:47:24 AM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: headstamp 2
right-wing nationalist

Right winged nationalist. Guess that is a new term I have to start describing myself by besides Christian, Conservative, patriot, southerner, freedom loving American, etc. etc.

108 posted on 08/18/2017 10:48:32 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (Believe or not, we R in the Last Days of human history. Jesus is coming back, & soon! RU saved?)
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To: KosmicKitty

I know LOL they are a nasty bunch.


109 posted on 08/18/2017 10:48:33 AM PDT by angcat (THANK YOU LORD FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!!!)
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To: snarkytart; reaganaut
If true, this is bad news.

Bannon more than any other person steered Trump onto the ideological course that got him elected, and he has done his best to keep him on that course. With Bannon gone and Trump's relations with Sessions worse than ever, most of the advice Trump will get will be from "moderates", establishment Republicans, and his own liberal family members.

110 posted on 08/18/2017 10:49:49 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: ELS

That would explain why Bannon would leave. When you don’t report directly to the president anymore and now have to answer to a chief of staff, you have no power.


111 posted on 08/18/2017 10:49:56 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: snarkytart
Bannon was the last one pushing the agenda.

What about Bannon's big blackboard with a list of the total Trump agenda on it? Is someone going to erase it?

112 posted on 08/18/2017 10:51:06 AM PDT by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: ek_hornbeck

I like Bannon, but I disagree with the way you characterize him. Trump was a juggernaut long before Bannon joined his campaign last August. If there is one person in Trump’s campaign who deserves the most credit for his victory (and this is a big IF), I think it’s Kellyanne Conway.


113 posted on 08/18/2017 10:53:03 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: reaganaut1

Yeah, I always trust Maggie and the Slimes.

(Hmmm, great name for a punk rock group!)


114 posted on 08/18/2017 10:55:16 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: Alberta's Child
Trump once held liberal views on a wide range of issues, including his signature issue of immigration. The influence of Bannon and Breitbart was what first and foremost helped move him in the right direction ideologically.

Now the loudest voices whispering in the President's ears will be globalists like McMaster and liberals like Ivanka.

115 posted on 08/18/2017 10:56:09 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: MayflowerMadam
Now Bannon can go ghetto on DJT’s enemies without having to worry about what he says might reflect on the White House since he’ll no longer be an employee

Unless Bannon goes ghetto on DJT & his administration. I do not rule out that possibility.

116 posted on 08/18/2017 10:56:14 AM PDT by gdani (Everyone is a snowflake these days)
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To: RummyChick

Both appear to be team players, I wouldn’t be concerned about them, unless appearances are not reality.


117 posted on 08/18/2017 10:56:29 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: reaganaut1

chief of staff


118 posted on 08/18/2017 10:57:05 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: Fresh Wind

I hope that this is just a rumor, but every news source Left, Right, and in the middle is running with it.


119 posted on 08/18/2017 10:57:10 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: Strac6

True that. I know one guy that is living it and can’t get out.


120 posted on 08/18/2017 11:00:49 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Not my circus. Not my monkeys.)
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