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Dead strategist walking Bannon was doomed the moment Time magazine put him on its cover: NYT
Trumps allegiances are fickle. His attention flits, Bruni wrote. His compass is popularity, not any fixed philosophy, certainly not the divisive brand of populism and nationalism that Bannon was trying to enforce. Bannon insisted on an ideology when Trump cares more about applause, and what generates it at a campaign rally isnt what sustains it when youre actually governing.
Bannons biggest mistake, Bruni said, was to pick a fight with one of Trumps family members, son-in-law Jared Kushner. Breitbart went on an anti-Kushner tear, publishing a rapid-fire series of articles attacking him, only backing off when Kushner himself complained to the president.
Consider Trumps obsession with appearances, then tell me who has the advantage: the guy who looks like a flea market made flesh or the one who seems poised to pose for G.Q.? Bruni said.
He concluded, Bannon is still on the job, and Trump may keep him there, because while he has been disruptive inside the White House, he could be pure nitroglycerin outside. He commands acolytes on the alt-right. He has the mouthpiece of Breitbart News. He has means for revenge. He also has a history of it.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/dead-strategist-walking-bannon-was-doomed-the-moment-time-magazine-put-him-on-its-cover-nyt/
Trumps allegiances are fickle. His attention flits, Bruni wrote. His compass is popularity, not any fixed philosophy, certainly not the divisive brand of populism and nationalism that Bannon was trying to enforce. Bannon insisted on an ideology when Trump cares more about applause, and what generates it at a campaign rally isnt what sustains it when youre actually governing.
Bannons biggest mistake, Bruni said, was to pick a fight with one of Trumps family members, son-in-law Jared Kushner. Breitbart went on an anti-Kushner tear, publishing a rapid-fire series of articles attacking him, only backing off when Kushner himself complained to the president.
Consider Trumps obsession with appearances, then tell me who has the advantage: the guy who looks like a flea market made flesh or the one who seems poised to pose for G.Q.? Bruni said.
He concluded, Bannon is still on the job, and Trump may keep him there, because while he has been disruptive inside the White House, he could be pure nitroglycerin outside. He commands acolytes on the alt-right. He has the mouthpiece of Breitbart News. He has means for revenge. He also has a history of it.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/dead-strategist-walking-bannon-was-doomed-the-moment-time-magazine-put-him-on-its-cover-nyt/
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"The guy who looks like a flea market made flesh or the one who seems poised to pose for G.Q.?" (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Apr 2017
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WhiteTara
(29,721 posts)1. Surely that picture is not real!
He is so disgusting and that picture is even more so.
klook
(12,162 posts)3. That explains
what happened with Bannon's hot tub. The noxious effluvium of his secretions mixed with junk food chemicals created a toxic slurry that ate away the surface of the tub.
Orrex
(63,219 posts)2. Familiar
Doreen
(11,686 posts)4. That picture remindes me of that fat blob creature
on one of the Blade movies.
msongs
(67,433 posts)5. the one who looks like a camp commandant or the one who looks like an SS officer? nt