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Equinox Moon

(6,344 posts)
Wed Apr 5, 2017, 11:06 PM Apr 2017

Bannon threatened to quit if removed from National Security Council role: report

Source: The Hill

04/05/17 10:04 PM EDT

Chief White House strategist Stephen Bannon was unhappy with the decision to remove him from his role on the National Security Council and threatened to quit, according to a new report.

The New York Times reported Wednesday evening that Bannon “resisted the move,” and threatened to resign if the change was made. But the Times said his team has denied that he ever made such a threat.

The New York Times also reported that the president was frustrated with the recognition Bannon was getting for his work on the Trump administration’s agenda and was unhappy with liberals calling his top adviser “President Bannon.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/327534-bannon-threatened-to-quit-if-removed-from-national-security-council



This "report" is a bit contradictory, yet validating for what we know about these yahooes.
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Bannon threatened to quit if removed from National Security Council role: report (Original Post) Equinox Moon Apr 2017 OP
Whitehouse is officially a daycare center for manchildren Jonny Appleseed Apr 2017 #1
The 0.01% get the best manchild care of all. The best. This I can tell you. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2017 #4
President Bannon. President Jared. President Bannon. President Jared. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2017 #2
President Pence does ALL the real work for trump. Unlike trump, Pence is 'inner loop' (R) party. Sunlei Apr 2017 #33
Maybe we should now start calling him President Putin! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2017 #3
Soooo, I guess this is another leak from Susan Rice? FakeNoose Apr 2017 #5
ha ha riversedge Apr 2017 #23
So where... zentrum Apr 2017 #6
So close, Pig Pen, so close Warpy Apr 2017 #7
Sounds like a good deal to me. nt Gore1FL Apr 2017 #8
OK, please let the door knock you flat on your face on the way out. Doreen Apr 2017 #9
Like this... 2naSalit Apr 2017 #10
YES. Doreen Apr 2017 #17
"Wormtongue"...... SergeStorms Apr 2017 #21
I'm smiling right now, reading this. Honeycombe8 Apr 2017 #11
Maybe removing Bannon was part of 45's cabinet reshuffle. However.... CousinIT Apr 2017 #12
Too funny! calimary Apr 2017 #13
Donald Johann Drumpf (666). Just sayin' :) - nt KingCharlemagne Apr 2017 #28
Don't let the screen door hit ya....... nt Laffy Kat Apr 2017 #14
Keep your word, Bannon BainsBane Apr 2017 #15
He won't leave mountain grammy Apr 2017 #16
Well . . . OldRedneck Apr 2017 #18
I *knew* "President Bannon" would infuriate him More_Cowbell Apr 2017 #19
He'll always be Little Desk Donnie, and thank you SNL for that... JHB Apr 2017 #25
What another one Trump's junta bites the dust? YOHABLO Apr 2017 #20
I doubt he's bitten the dust....... SergeStorms Apr 2017 #22
Yeah, there's a chance he's gone Full Cheney. forgotmylogin Apr 2017 #30
Remember bush's brain? (Rove aka turdblossom) duncang Apr 2017 #24
On the downside, he still has a security clearance. nocalflea Apr 2017 #26
A consummation devoutly to be wished. malthaussen Apr 2017 #27
I worked at a place that would answer BillyBobBrilliant Apr 2017 #29
Other reports say Rebecca Mercer convinced him to stay so she has an inside line. OregonBlue Apr 2017 #31
This not fooled Apr 2017 #32
HAHA I knew it, Trump got jealous of the "President Bannon" shit. Kimchijeon Apr 2017 #34
 

Jonny Appleseed

(960 posts)
1. Whitehouse is officially a daycare center for manchildren
Wed Apr 5, 2017, 11:10 PM
Apr 2017

Guess they aren't cutting all social services after all.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,013 posts)
2. President Bannon. President Jared. President Bannon. President Jared.
Wed Apr 5, 2017, 11:11 PM
Apr 2017

"Meet the new boss.
Same as the old boss."

Won't Get Fooled Again -- The Who

We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again

The change, it had to come
We knew it all along
We were liberated from the fold, that's all
And the world looks just the same
And history ain't changed
'Cause the banners, they are flown in the next war

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again, no, no

I'll move myself and my family aside
If we happen to be left half alive
I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky
Though I know that the hypnotized never lie
Do ya?

Yeaah!

There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Is now parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again, no no

Yeaaah!
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
33. President Pence does ALL the real work for trump. Unlike trump, Pence is 'inner loop' (R) party.
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 11:05 AM
Apr 2017
trumps spokesman Spicer will be much happier as spokesman for the Pence/Ryan Admin.

Warpy

(111,283 posts)
7. So close, Pig Pen, so close
Wed Apr 5, 2017, 11:34 PM
Apr 2017

but the professional folks who have worked with president after president had your number and you never would have been trusted with anything you wanted to control.

It's looking more and more like he was responsible for greenlighting Assad's attack.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
21. "Wormtongue"......
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 03:51 AM
Apr 2017

what a spot-on description of Bannon! Trump doesn't allow ANYONE to steal his thunder, even if it's only imaginary thunder.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
11. I'm smiling right now, reading this.
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 12:09 AM
Apr 2017

That Bannon was upset, and Trump was jealous of the attention and didn't want Bannon called "President Bannon." I totally believe that.

CousinIT

(9,247 posts)
12. Maybe removing Bannon was part of 45's cabinet reshuffle. However....
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 12:09 AM
Apr 2017

. . .it's like rearranging 6-6-6. It isn't going to change anything.

mountain grammy

(26,626 posts)
16. He won't leave
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 12:58 AM
Apr 2017

until they put the cuffs on him and march him out the door. I should only live to see the day.

JHB

(37,161 posts)
25. He'll always be Little Desk Donnie, and thank you SNL for that...
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 05:42 AM
Apr 2017

It was the dig that kept on digging.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
22. I doubt he's bitten the dust.......
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 03:56 AM
Apr 2017

a guy like Bannon does his best dirty and destructive work behind closed doors, out of view. Until he's totally banished from the administration he remains extremely dangerous.

duncang

(1,907 posts)
24. Remember bush's brain? (Rove aka turdblossom)
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 05:16 AM
Apr 2017

If there already isn't there needs to be a gif out with dipshit donnies head popping open and bannon popping out.

malthaussen

(17,205 posts)
27. A consummation devoutly to be wished.
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 08:32 AM
Apr 2017

A;though "arrested" would be preferable. Alas, there really is no mechanism for throwing assholes in the klink just because they are assholes.

-- Mal

BillyBobBrilliant

(805 posts)
29. I worked at a place that would answer
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 09:26 AM
Apr 2017

a threat like that with:

"When are you leaving? We would like to advertise for your replacement."

Kimchijeon

(1,606 posts)
34. HAHA I knew it, Trump got jealous of the "President Bannon" shit.
Thu Apr 6, 2017, 11:23 AM
Apr 2017

I hope Bannon does rage-quit, and then proceeds to revenge-spill all the dirty laundry (granted, he would be implicated and is a guilty party as well)

He will try to threaten this I bet, but I'm not sure you can successfully manipulate Trump's malignant narcissism back around to his side. Too much public opinion out there that tells Trump "Bannon is the Brains, Trump is a dumb-dumb." Trump surely doesn't like that. Not sure that Bannon can suck up enough or weasel his way back into the good graces of Dorito Mussolini anymore. I think that Bannon's time is done, like oh-so-many sniveling sycophants in the past history of Trump's inner circle!

Bannon might have to get nasty about things! Oh oh oh. LOL

Popcorn time for sure.

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