But he didnt flip tho. Bannon is still Bannon.
In his new book, Bannon accuses Trump Jr. of treason (Update. Don the Con responds!)
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I never catch those live. I will now!
Donald Trump Responds To Steve Bannon Bombshell: ‘He Lost His Mind’
“Steve is learning that winning isn’t as easy as I make it look.”
By Hayley Miller
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President Donald Trump had a bit of a disagreement Wednesday with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered a fiery response to bombshell reportsthat Steve Bannon, his former chief strategist, had accused the president of meeting with Russian operatives after Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with them at Trump Tower in June 2016.
“Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my Presidency,” Trump said Wednesday in a statement. “When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind.”
The statement continued: “Now that he is on his own, Steve is learning that winning isn’t as easy as I make it look.”
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https://twitter.com/PeterAlexander/status/948620185937895430
Peter Alexander
✔@PeterAlexander
BREAKING: Trump drops new statement, ripping into Bannon, arguing his former Chief Strategist “lost his mind.”
12:20 PM - Jan 3, 2018
Bannon was quoted by author Michael Wolff ― whose tell-all book about the White House is set for release on Jan. 9 ― as saying there was “zero” chance Trump didn’t know about his eldest son and son-in-law Jared Kushner meeting with Russian operatives. Bannon also called the meeting “treasonous” and “bad shit.”
A preview of the new book published in New York magazine on Wednesday offered stunning details about the chaos that has reigned at the White House since Trump took office. In the piece, Wolff claims that many people in Trump’s inner circle did not think he would win the 2016 election ― and that, indeed, few even wanted him to.
Bannon returned to the far-right news outlet Breitbart as executive chairman in August after he was fired as White House chief strategist. Still, he has been credited with having significant influence over Trump and his administration’s agenda, even after his own departure from the West Wing.
Responding to the Bannon bombshell on Wednesday, Trump accused him of only pretending to have influence in the White House. Trump claimed that Bannon, a former member of his inner circle, was “rarely in one-on-one meetings” with him.
Trump’s comments Wednesday were a stark contrast with the well wishes he tweeted at the time of Bannon’s departure from the White House in August. In his tweets, Trump thanked Bannon for his “great” involvement in his 2016 presidential campaign and predicted he would be a “smart new voice” when he returned to Breitbart.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/898870621584596993
Donald J. Trump
✔@realDonaldTrump
I want to thank Steve Bannon for his service. He came to the campaign during my run against Crooked Hillary Clinton - it was great! Thanks S
5:33 AM - Aug 19, 2017
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/898964640817983488
Donald J. Trump
✔@realDonaldTrump
Steve Bannon will be a tough and smart new voice at @BreitbartNews...maybe even better than ever before. Fake News needs the competition!
11:47 AM - Aug 19, 2017
Wolff’s reporting was met with pushback from elsewhere in the White House. Stephanie Grisham, communications director for first lady Melania Trump, disputed Wolff’s assertions.
“The book is clearly going to be sold in the bargain fiction section,” Grisham told reporters in White House pool. “Mrs. Trump supported her husband’s decision to run for president and in fact, encouraged him to do so. She was confident he would win and was very happy when he did.”
Meanwhile, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders claimed that Wolff’s book is merely “trashy tabloid fiction.”
“This book is filled with false and misleading accounts from individuals who have no access or influence with the White House,” Sanders told reporters Wednesday.
Trump Jr. accused Bannon of spreading “division and lies,” and appeared to suggest that Breitbart’s readers want Bannon removed from the outlet.
https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/948632834000019457
Donald Trump Jr.
✔@DonaldJTrumpJr
Wow, Just looked at the comments section on Breitbart. Wow. When Bannon has lost Breitbart, he’s left with . . . umm, nothing.
1:11 PM - Jan 3, 2018
At least one prominent Republican appeared to be enjoying Wednesday’s war of words between Trump and Bannon. An official Twitter account connected to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), whose relationship with the president has been especially tumultuous, posted an uncaptioned GIF of the senator shortly after the Bannon bombshell dropped.
Team Mitch
✔@Team_Mitch
12:49 PM - Jan 3, 2018
Breitbart, for its part, seemed to take Trump’s fiery dig at its executive chairman in stride.
https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews/status/948634835408613383
Breitbart News
✔@BreitbartNews
2018: IT'S LIT https://trib.al/u7c5sQv
1:19 PM - Jan 3, 2018
Donald Trump Furious: Steve Bannon ‘Not Only Lost His Job, He Lost His Mind’
President Trump responded personally to his chief strategist Steve Bannon in response to comments about his family members.
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“Steve is learning that winning isn’t as easy as I make it look.”
By Hayley Miller
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President Donald Trump had a bit of a disagreement Wednesday with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered a fiery response to bombshell reportsthat Steve Bannon, his former chief strategist, had accused the president of meeting with Russian operatives after Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with them at Trump Tower in June 2016.
“Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my Presidency,” Trump said Wednesday in a statement. “When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind.”
The statement continued: “Now that he is on his own, Steve is learning that winning isn’t as easy as I make it look.”
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Peter Alexander✔@PeterAlexander
BREAKING: Trump drops new statement, ripping into Bannon, arguing his former Chief Strategist “lost his mind.”
12:20 PM - Jan 3, 2018
Bannon was quoted by author Michael Wolff ― whose tell-all book about the White House is set for release on Jan. 9 ― as saying there was “zero” chance Trump didn’t know about his eldest son and son-in-law Jared Kushner meeting with Russian operatives. Bannon also called the meeting “treasonous” and “bad shit.”
A preview of the new book published in New York magazine on Wednesday offered stunning details about the chaos that has reigned at the White House since Trump took office. In the piece, Wolff claims that many people in Trump’s inner circle did not think he would win the 2016 election ― and that, indeed, few even wanted him to.
Bannon returned to the far-right news outlet Breitbart as executive chairman in August after he was fired as White House chief strategist. Still, he has been credited with having significant influence over Trump and his administration’s agenda, even after his own departure from the West Wing.
Responding to the Bannon bombshell on Wednesday, Trump accused him of only pretending to have influence in the White House. Trump claimed that Bannon, a former member of his inner circle, was “rarely in one-on-one meetings” with him.
Trump’s comments Wednesday were a stark contrast with the well wishes he tweeted at the time of Bannon’s departure from the White House in August. In his tweets, Trump thanked Bannon for his “great” involvement in his 2016 presidential campaign and predicted he would be a “smart new voice” when he returned to Breitbart.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/898870621584596993
Donald J. Trump✔@realDonaldTrump
I want to thank Steve Bannon for his service. He came to the campaign during my run against Crooked Hillary Clinton - it was great! Thanks S
5:33 AM - Aug 19, 2017
https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=898870621584596993
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/898964640817983488
Donald J. Trump✔@realDonaldTrump
Steve Bannon will be a tough and smart new voice at @BreitbartNews...maybe even better than ever before. Fake News needs the competition!
11:47 AM - Aug 19, 2017
Wolff’s reporting was met with pushback from elsewhere in the White House. Stephanie Grisham, communications director for first lady Melania Trump, disputed Wolff’s assertions.
“The book is clearly going to be sold in the bargain fiction section,” Grisham told reporters in White House pool. “Mrs. Trump supported her husband’s decision to run for president and in fact, encouraged him to do so. She was confident he would win and was very happy when he did.”
Meanwhile, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders claimed that Wolff’s book is merely “trashy tabloid fiction.”
“This book is filled with false and misleading accounts from individuals who have no access or influence with the White House,” Sanders told reporters Wednesday.
Trump Jr. accused Bannon of spreading “division and lies,” and appeared to suggest that Breitbart’s readers want Bannon removed from the outlet.
https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/948632834000019457
Donald Trump Jr.✔@DonaldJTrumpJr
Wow, Just looked at the comments section on Breitbart. Wow. When Bannon has lost Breitbart, he’s left with . . . umm, nothing.
1:11 PM - Jan 3, 2018
At least one prominent Republican appeared to be enjoying Wednesday’s war of words between Trump and Bannon. An official Twitter account connected to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), whose relationship with the president has been especially tumultuous, posted an uncaptioned GIF of the senator shortly after the Bannon bombshell dropped.
Team Mitch✔@Team_Mitch
12:49 PM - Jan 3, 2018
Breitbart, for its part, seemed to take Trump’s fiery dig at its executive chairman in stride.
https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews/status/948634835408613383
Breitbart News✔@BreitbartNews
2018: IT'S LIT https://trib.al/u7c5sQv
1:19 PM - Jan 3, 2018
Donald Trump Furious: Steve Bannon ‘Not Only Lost His Job, He Lost His Mind’
President Trump responded personally to his chief strategist Steve Bannon in response to comments about his family members.
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Steve Bannon Suggests Donald Trump Met With Russians After Don Jr. Did
The former White House strategist called the infamous Trump Tower meeting “treasonous,” according to a new book.
Steve Bannon suggested President Donald Trump was aware of Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with Russian operatives at Trump Tower in June 2016 ― because he met with them that day, too, according to an explosive new book by acclaimed journalist Michael Wolff.
The former White House strategist was quoted by Wolff as saying there was “zero” chance Trump Jr. didn’t walk the Russian meeting attendees “up to his father’s office on the 26th floor.”
https://twitter.com/PeterAlexander/status/948593449695096832
Peter Alexander
✔@PeterAlexander
SIREN: "Steve Bannon was certain that after the (July 2016 Trump Tower) meeting, Trump, Jr. had taken the participants to see his father," per excerpts from new Michael Wolff book, "Fire & Fury."
Trump has claimed he was unaware any meeting with Russians took place.
10:34 AM - Jan 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/PeterAlexander/status/948595594729271296
Peter Alexander
✔@PeterAlexander
NEW: Here's the Bannon quote regarding the July 2016 Trump Tower meeting: "The chance that Don Jr. did not walk these Jumos up to his father’s office of the 26th floor is zero,” per "Fire & Fury." (pg. 255)
10:43 AM - Jan 3, 2018
Wolff met with Bannon during the nine months he was granted far-reaching access to the West Wing and senior administration officials to write a tell-all book about the White House, Fire and Fury, set for release on Jan. 9.
The revelations appeared to contradict Trump’s repeated claims that he was unaware his eldest son, as well as his son-in-law Jared Kushner, had met with the Russians.
Bannon also dubbed the infamous Trump Tower meeting as “treasonous” and “bad shit,” according to Wolff. The far-right icon mocked Trump Jr. and Kushner for taking the meeting in hopes of acquiring dirt on Hillary Clinton, Trump’s political opponent in the 2016 presidential race, as first revealed by The New York Times in July.
“The three senior guys in the campaign thought it was a good idea to meet with a foreign government inside Trump Tower in the conference room on the 25th floor — with no lawyers,” Bannon told Wolff, according to The Guardian, which obtained a copy of the book.
“Even if you thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad shit, and I happen to think it’s all of that, you should have called the FBI immediately,” he added.
REUTERS PHOTOGRAPHER / REUTERS
Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort. Manafort served as President Trump’s campaign manager from June to August 2016.
Bannon predicted special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government will focus on money laundering.
“This is all about money laundering,” Bannon told Wolff. “Mueller chose [senior prosecutor Andrew] Weissmann first and he is a money-laundering guy. Their path to fucking Trump goes right through Paul Manafort, Don Jr and Jared Kushner … It’s as plain as a hair on your face.”
Bannon suggested Kushner’s business dealings with German financial juggernaut Deutsche Bank, which has loaned hundreds of millions of dollars to the Kushner familyreal estate business, would be problematic for the administration.
“The Kushner shit is greasy,” Bannon said. “They’re going to go right through that. They’re going to roll those two guys up and say play me or trade me.”
Four Trump associates have been indicted in connection to the probe, including former national security adviser Michael Flynn and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who also attended the Trump Tower meeting. Manafort was indicted by a grand jury in October on charges of conspiracy and money laundering.
“They’re going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV,” Bannon said, adding that the White House should reconsider its apparent lack of concern over the Mueller investigation. “They’re sitting on a beach trying to stop a Category Five.”
Trump responded to Bannon’s accusations by claiming his former staffer had “lost his mind.”
“Steve Bannon has nothing to with me or my Presidency,” Trump said in a statement. “Now that he is on his own, Steve is learning that winning isn’t as easy as I make it look.”
This article has been updated with Trump’s response to Bannon.
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The former White House strategist called the infamous Trump Tower meeting “treasonous,” according to a new book.
Steve Bannon suggested President Donald Trump was aware of Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with Russian operatives at Trump Tower in June 2016 ― because he met with them that day, too, according to an explosive new book by acclaimed journalist Michael Wolff.
The former White House strategist was quoted by Wolff as saying there was “zero” chance Trump Jr. didn’t walk the Russian meeting attendees “up to his father’s office on the 26th floor.”
https://twitter.com/PeterAlexander/status/948593449695096832
Peter Alexander✔@PeterAlexander
SIREN: "Steve Bannon was certain that after the (July 2016 Trump Tower) meeting, Trump, Jr. had taken the participants to see his father," per excerpts from new Michael Wolff book, "Fire & Fury."
Trump has claimed he was unaware any meeting with Russians took place.
10:34 AM - Jan 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/PeterAlexander/status/948595594729271296
Peter Alexander✔@PeterAlexander
NEW: Here's the Bannon quote regarding the July 2016 Trump Tower meeting: "The chance that Don Jr. did not walk these Jumos up to his father’s office of the 26th floor is zero,” per "Fire & Fury." (pg. 255)
10:43 AM - Jan 3, 2018
Wolff met with Bannon during the nine months he was granted far-reaching access to the West Wing and senior administration officials to write a tell-all book about the White House, Fire and Fury, set for release on Jan. 9.
The revelations appeared to contradict Trump’s repeated claims that he was unaware his eldest son, as well as his son-in-law Jared Kushner, had met with the Russians.
Bannon also dubbed the infamous Trump Tower meeting as “treasonous” and “bad shit,” according to Wolff. The far-right icon mocked Trump Jr. and Kushner for taking the meeting in hopes of acquiring dirt on Hillary Clinton, Trump’s political opponent in the 2016 presidential race, as first revealed by The New York Times in July.
“The three senior guys in the campaign thought it was a good idea to meet with a foreign government inside Trump Tower in the conference room on the 25th floor — with no lawyers,” Bannon told Wolff, according to The Guardian, which obtained a copy of the book.
“Even if you thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad shit, and I happen to think it’s all of that, you should have called the FBI immediately,” he added.
REUTERS PHOTOGRAPHER / REUTERS
Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort. Manafort served as President Trump’s campaign manager from June to August 2016.
Bannon predicted special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government will focus on money laundering.
“This is all about money laundering,” Bannon told Wolff. “Mueller chose [senior prosecutor Andrew] Weissmann first and he is a money-laundering guy. Their path to fucking Trump goes right through Paul Manafort, Don Jr and Jared Kushner … It’s as plain as a hair on your face.”
Bannon suggested Kushner’s business dealings with German financial juggernaut Deutsche Bank, which has loaned hundreds of millions of dollars to the Kushner familyreal estate business, would be problematic for the administration.
“The Kushner shit is greasy,” Bannon said. “They’re going to go right through that. They’re going to roll those two guys up and say play me or trade me.”
Four Trump associates have been indicted in connection to the probe, including former national security adviser Michael Flynn and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who also attended the Trump Tower meeting. Manafort was indicted by a grand jury in October on charges of conspiracy and money laundering.
“They’re going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV,” Bannon said, adding that the White House should reconsider its apparent lack of concern over the Mueller investigation. “They’re sitting on a beach trying to stop a Category Five.”
Trump responded to Bannon’s accusations by claiming his former staffer had “lost his mind.”
“Steve Bannon has nothing to with me or my Presidency,” Trump said in a statement. “Now that he is on his own, Steve is learning that winning isn’t as easy as I make it look.”
This article has been updated with Trump’s response to Bannon.
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Fuck em all!!
Damn..all three together look like slimballs.Steve Bannon Suggests Donald Trump Met With Russians After Don Jr. Did
The former White House strategist called the infamous Trump Tower meeting “treasonous,” according to a new book.
Steve Bannon suggested President Donald Trump was aware of Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with Russian operatives at Trump Tower in June 2016 ― because he met with them that day, too, according to an explosive new book by acclaimed journalist Michael Wolff.
The former White House strategist was quoted by Wolff as saying there was “zero” chance Trump Jr. didn’t walk the Russian meeting attendees “up to his father’s office on the 26th floor.”
✔@PeterAlexander
SIREN: "Steve Bannon was certain that after the (July 2016 Trump Tower) meeting, Trump, Jr. had taken the participants to see his father," per excerpts from new Michael Wolff book, "Fire & Fury."
Trump has claimed he was unaware any meeting with Russians took place.
10:34 AM - Jan 3, 2018
✔@PeterAlexander
NEW: Here's the Bannon quote regarding the July 2016 Trump Tower meeting: "The chance that Don Jr. did not walk these Jumos up to his father’s office of the 26th floor is zero,” per "Fire & Fury." (pg. 255)
10:43 AM - Jan 3, 2018
Wolff met with Bannon during the nine months he was granted far-reaching access to the West Wing and senior administration officials to write a tell-all book about the White House, Fire and Fury, set for release on Jan. 9.
The revelations appeared to contradict Trump’s repeated claims that he was unaware his eldest son, as well as his son-in-law Jared Kushner, had met with the Russians.
Bannon also dubbed the infamous Trump Tower meeting as “treasonous” and “bad shit,” according to Wolff. The far-right icon mocked Trump Jr. and Kushner for taking the meeting in hopes of acquiring dirt on Hillary Clinton, Trump’s political opponent in the 2016 presidential race, as first revealed by The New York Times in July.
“The three senior guys in the campaign thought it was a good idea to meet with a foreign government inside Trump Tower in the conference room on the 25th floor — with no lawyers,” Bannon told Wolff, according to The Guardian, which obtained a copy of the book.
“Even if you thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad shit, and I happen to think it’s all of that, you should have called the FBI immediately,” he added.
REUTERS PHOTOGRAPHER / REUTERS
Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort. Manafort served as President Trump’s campaign manager from June to August 2016.
Bannon predicted special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government will focus on money laundering.
“This is all about money laundering,” Bannon told Wolff. “Mueller chose [senior prosecutor Andrew] Weissmann first and he is a money-laundering guy. Their path to fucking Trump goes right through Paul Manafort, Don Jr and Jared Kushner … It’s as plain as a hair on your face.”
Bannon suggested Kushner’s business dealings with German financial juggernaut Deutsche Bank, which has loaned hundreds of millions of dollars to the Kushner familyreal estate business, would be problematic for the administration.
“The Kushner shit is greasy,” Bannon said. “They’re going to go right through that. They’re going to roll those two guys up and say play me or trade me.”
Four Trump associates have been indicted in connection to the probe, including former national security adviser Michael Flynn and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who also attended the Trump Tower meeting. Manafort was indicted by a grand jury in October on charges of conspiracy and money laundering.
“They’re going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV,” Bannon said, adding that the White House should reconsider its apparent lack of concern over the Mueller investigation. “They’re sitting on a beach trying to stop a Category Five.”
Trump responded to Bannon’s accusations by claiming his former staffer had “lost his mind.”
“Steve Bannon has nothing to with me or my Presidency,” Trump said in a statement. “Now that he is on his own, Steve is learning that winning isn’t as easy as I make it look.”
This article has been updated with Trump’s response to Bannon.
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Fucking cartoon bad guy looking mutherfuckers.
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Hey where has Kushner been ?
Dude playing the cut real low lately
Dude playing the cut real low lately
Give it time. He wouldn't fall on a sword for her, either.
Donald Trump Responds To Steve Bannon Bombshell: ‘He Lost His Mind’
“Steve is learning that winning isn’t as easy as I make it look.”
By Hayley Miller
GETTY IMAGES
President Donald Trump had a bit of a disagreement Wednesday with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered a fiery response to bombshell reportsthat Steve Bannon, his former chief strategist, had accused the president of meeting with Russian operatives after Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with them at Trump Tower in June 2016.
“Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my Presidency,” Trump said Wednesday in a statement. “When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind.”
The statement continued: “Now that he is on his own, Steve is learning that winning isn’t as easy as I make it look.”
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✔@PeterAlexander
BREAKING: Trump drops new statement, ripping into Bannon, arguing his former Chief Strategist “lost his mind.”
12:20 PM - Jan 3, 2018
Bannon was quoted by author Michael Wolff ― whose tell-all book about the White House is set for release on Jan. 9 ― as saying there was “zero” chance Trump didn’t know about his eldest son and son-in-law Jared Kushner meeting with Russian operatives. Bannon also called the meeting “treasonous” and “bad shit.”
A preview of the new book published in New York magazine on Wednesday offered stunning details about the chaos that has reigned at the White House since Trump took office. In the piece, Wolff claims that many people in Trump’s inner circle did not think he would win the 2016 election ― and that, indeed, few even wanted him to.
Bannon returned to the far-right news outlet Breitbart as executive chairman in August after he was fired as White House chief strategist. Still, he has been credited with having significant influence over Trump and his administration’s agenda, even after his own departure from the West Wing.
Responding to the Bannon bombshell on Wednesday, Trump accused him of only pretending to have influence in the White House. Trump claimed that Bannon, a former member of his inner circle, was “rarely in one-on-one meetings” with him.
Trump’s comments Wednesday were a stark contrast with the well wishes he tweeted at the time of Bannon’s departure from the White House in August. In his tweets, Trump thanked Bannon for his “great” involvement in his 2016 presidential campaign and predicted he would be a “smart new voice” when he returned to Breitbart.
✔@realDonaldTrump
I want to thank Steve Bannon for his service. He came to the campaign during my run against Crooked Hillary Clinton - it was great! Thanks S
5:33 AM - Aug 19, 2017
✔@realDonaldTrump
Steve Bannon will be a tough and smart new voice at @BreitbartNews...maybe even better than ever before. Fake News needs the competition!
11:47 AM - Aug 19, 2017
Wolff’s reporting was met with pushback from elsewhere in the White House. Stephanie Grisham, communications director for first lady Melania Trump, disputed Wolff’s assertions.
“The book is clearly going to be sold in the bargain fiction section,” Grisham told reporters in White House pool. “Mrs. Trump supported her husband’s decision to run for president and in fact, encouraged him to do so. She was confident he would win and was very happy when he did.”
Meanwhile, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders claimed that Wolff’s book is merely “trashy tabloid fiction.”
“This book is filled with false and misleading accounts from individuals who have no access or influence with the White House,” Sanders told reporters Wednesday.
Trump Jr. accused Bannon of spreading “division and lies,” and appeared to suggest that Breitbart’s readers want Bannon removed from the outlet.
✔@DonaldJTrumpJr
Wow, Just looked at the comments section on Breitbart. Wow. When Bannon has lost Breitbart, he’s left with . . . umm, nothing.
1:11 PM - Jan 3, 2018
At least one prominent Republican appeared to be enjoying Wednesday’s war of words between Trump and Bannon. An official Twitter account connected to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), whose relationship with the president has been especially tumultuous, posted an uncaptioned GIF of the senator shortly after the Bannon bombshell dropped.
✔@Team_Mitch
12:49 PM - Jan 3, 2018
Breitbart, for its part, seemed to take Trump’s fiery dig at its executive chairman in stride.
✔@BreitbartNews
2018: IT'S LIT https://trib.al/u7c5sQv
1:19 PM - Jan 3, 2018
Donald Trump Furious: Steve Bannon ‘Not Only Lost His Job, He Lost His Mind’
President Trump responded personally to his chief strategist Steve Bannon in response to comments about his family members.
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Trump didn't write that statement.
Yeah. He's not flipping. He's just burning Trump because he doesn't need him anymore.
It will be interesting to see how or whether this divides the base. I can't wait for this to hit the other forum I frequent with all the "he didn't do anything wrong" and "there was no collusion" folks.
Also it will be interesting to see how fox and all the GOP folk targeting FBI integrity will continue to behave.
Also it will be interesting to see how fox and all the GOP folk targeting FBI integrity will continue to behave.
The base will not be deterred no matter what.
I have to say yes to Bannon seeking revenge on Trump. Trump has already proven himself as a no nothing in dealing with Washington politics. Plus Bannon appears to have a loftier goals and his own agenda. But his departure seemed to coincide with some of Trump's current mishaps. But after reading the excerpt from Bannon's new book (link below) I can tell you Trump doesn't have it all together, he can be had and even more it seems he has no friends. Bannon's book release at this time is no mistake
https://www.redstate.com/sweetie15/...jr.s-white-house-meeting-russians-treasonous/
fired him, maybe???
That came off to me as something planned. Not everything we see today is as it appears.
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Damn....he's throwing grenades at all the Trumps .... "Ivanka is dumb as a brick !!!"!!!!
Steve Bannon calls Trump Tower Russian meeting ‘treasonous’ in new book
In a new book, Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist, calls a meeting of Trump campaign officials with a Russian lawyer in Trump Tower during the presidential campaign "treasonous" and "unpatriotic."
The book, "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," soon to be published by Henry Holt, was written by Michael Wolff, a columnist and an author who has written several books, including a biography of Rupert Murdoch. In it, Bannon rips into Donald Trump Jr.; White House senior adviser Jared Kushner; and then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort for taking a June 2016 meeting with a group of Russians who promised dirt on Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee.
"The three senior guys in the campaign thought it was a good idea to meet with a foreign government inside Trump Tower in the conference room on the 25th floor with no lawyers," Bannon said, according to a copy of the book obtained by NBC News.
"Even if you thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad shit, and I happen to think it's all of that, you should have called the FBI immediately,” he added.
Bannon also said he believed that the Russians were taken after the meeting to meet Trump, something the president has denied happened.
"The chance that Don Jr. did not walk these jumos up to his father’s office on the twenty-sixth floor is zero," Bannon says in the book.
A source directly familiar with the accounts of a key participant on the Russian side of the meeting says the Russians did not meet or have any encounter with then-candidate Trump.
Trump issued a scathing statement attacking his former adviser, saying Bannon had "lost his mind."
"Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my Presidency. When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind," Trump said.
"Steve had very little to do with our historic victory, which was delivered by the forgotten men and women of this country. Yet Steve had everything to do with the loss of a Senate seat in Alabama held for more than thirty years by Republicans. Steve doesn't represent my base — he's only in it for himself," the president added.
The Guardian was the first to report on Bannon's remarks in the book.
Bannon left the White House in August after a shaky tenure in the first seven months of Trump's presidency.
Trump Jr., Manafort and Kushner met with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya after Rob Goldston, a music publicist with ties to Russia who is close with the Trumps, told Trump Jr. last year in an email that Veselnitskaya had "information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father."
Trump Jr. then wrote "I love it" about the prospect of getting his hands on the material, according to copies of emails that he later made public.
Bannon, in the book, also anticipated that Robert Mueller's Russia probe will zero in on money laundering.
"You realize where this is going," Bannon says. "This is all about money laundering. Mueller chose Weissmann first and he is a money-laundering guy," referring to Andrew Weissmann, a senior prosecutor on Mueller's team. "Their path to f---ing Trump goes right through Paul Manafort, Don Jr. and Jared Kushner. It’s as plain as a hair on your face."
"They’re going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV," Bannon says in the book.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/wh...r-russian-meeting-treasonous-new-book-n834286
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Steve Bannon calls Trump Tower Russian meeting ‘treasonous’ in new book
In a new book, Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist, calls a meeting of Trump campaign officials with a Russian lawyer in Trump Tower during the presidential campaign "treasonous" and "unpatriotic."
The book, "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," soon to be published by Henry Holt, was written by Michael Wolff, a columnist and an author who has written several books, including a biography of Rupert Murdoch. In it, Bannon rips into Donald Trump Jr.; White House senior adviser Jared Kushner; and then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort for taking a June 2016 meeting with a group of Russians who promised dirt on Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee.
"The three senior guys in the campaign thought it was a good idea to meet with a foreign government inside Trump Tower in the conference room on the 25th floor with no lawyers," Bannon said, according to a copy of the book obtained by NBC News.
"Even if you thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad shit, and I happen to think it's all of that, you should have called the FBI immediately,” he added.
Bannon also said he believed that the Russians were taken after the meeting to meet Trump, something the president has denied happened.
"The chance that Don Jr. did not walk these jumos up to his father’s office on the twenty-sixth floor is zero," Bannon says in the book.
A source directly familiar with the accounts of a key participant on the Russian side of the meeting says the Russians did not meet or have any encounter with then-candidate Trump.
Trump issued a scathing statement attacking his former adviser, saying Bannon had "lost his mind."
"Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my Presidency. When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind," Trump said.
"Steve had very little to do with our historic victory, which was delivered by the forgotten men and women of this country. Yet Steve had everything to do with the loss of a Senate seat in Alabama held for more than thirty years by Republicans. Steve doesn't represent my base — he's only in it for himself," the president added.
The Guardian was the first to report on Bannon's remarks in the book.
Bannon left the White House in August after a shaky tenure in the first seven months of Trump's presidency.
Trump Jr., Manafort and Kushner met with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya after Rob Goldston, a music publicist with ties to Russia who is close with the Trumps, told Trump Jr. last year in an email that Veselnitskaya had "information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father."
Trump Jr. then wrote "I love it" about the prospect of getting his hands on the material, according to copies of emails that he later made public.
Bannon, in the book, also anticipated that Robert Mueller's Russia probe will zero in on money laundering.
"You realize where this is going," Bannon says. "This is all about money laundering. Mueller chose Weissmann first and he is a money-laundering guy," referring to Andrew Weissmann, a senior prosecutor on Mueller's team. "Their path to f---ing Trump goes right through Paul Manafort, Don Jr. and Jared Kushner. It’s as plain as a hair on your face."
"They’re going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV," Bannon says in the book.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/wh...r-russian-meeting-treasonous-new-book-n834286
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Seems scripted like those two planned it and are laughing their asses off as the media and others run with it.
If Bannon backs one candidate, and Trump another in the same race, it can have an effect.
Plus the mantra coming from folks is that Trump is innocent and has done nothing wrong. So do all these patriotic Country First Americans support the GOP or do they stay home/vote dem to get a dem GOP who will impeach him?
Trump has his own base away and apart from the GOP or Bannon. I do not think Bannon has that much power or much of a base to contend with the Trump.
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i can't buy the planned scenario. 45 doesn't want anyone linking him to russia in anyway.
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Their base may cross but the point is I believe such people are more loyal to Trump. There are people right now going to town on Bannon who are consumers of Briebart.
Hell.. there are people who were GOP loyalist who went at the GOP when it seemed like they were going at or against Trump.
Trumpism is just that strong.
Doesn't matter. It will still have an effect. People also went in on Trump when he got rid of Bannon.
His approval rating is still going to shrink. You are still going to have conservatives going at each other in public (with Russian bots on both sides) and it still affects morale.
Now I'm not saying this will ultimately sway a national election one way or another, but the already lit midterms are about to be even more fun to watch.
We're talking about his base support (which including people other than republicans, conservatives, etc.... ). The folks you are talking about are just the general republican party.
As far as the election goes. It should be a wash for republicans but democrats know how to fuck up a good position. Hopefully not this time.
The alt-right have a platform also and it began seeing mainstream with the tea party. They see Trump as their own Manchurian candidate and that support for Trumps policies does not need Trump driving. How big the alt-right is without Trump or Trump without the alt-right is a big question.
The truth is the republicans benefit from low turnout in elections. If the democrats and those who tend to vote with democrats were consistent with their vote. The republican party would be dead right now or in the mist of a total reorganization (which would have been a good thing).
What stands out to me here is that Bannon is only really worried about optics and plausible deniability. Gives the lie to this notion of his concern about "patriotism" a few paragraphs up.
It's always shocking what a fucking Rogues Gallery of incredible assholes this admin is. If I hear one more person bleat about "both parties are the same duh'yuppp duurrrr" I'm gonna lose my shit
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Thought him and Steve Bannon were still boys just think about what dirt he might have on 45. This is going to be one hell of a movie when this shit is over
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