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mobeau69

(11,162 posts)
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 02:28 PM Jan 2018

Trump Blasts Ex-Aide Bannon, Says He Has Lost His Mind

Source: Bloomberg

“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,” President Trump says in emailed statement, Bloomberg News reports.

Statement from the President of the United States can be found in link.




Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-03/trump-blasts-ex-aide-bannon-says-he-has-lost-his-mind-jbze0ekq



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Trump Blasts Ex-Aide Bannon, Says He Has Lost His Mind (Original Post) mobeau69 Jan 2018 OP
SCROTUS insulting citizens over Twitter. We have achieved Idiocracy Roland99 Jan 2018 #1
If you place the word "Idiocracy" in your seach box....you will see info on this movie... Stuart G Jan 2018 #55
One of my favorites... GetRidOfThem Jan 2018 #78
Worse, this wasn't through twitter. Amimnoch Jan 2018 #65
Oh dear gawd Roland99 Jan 2018 #66
Traitors MontanaMama Jan 2018 #2
Thats what happens when you hire the best people. notdarkyet Jan 2018 #40
lol Cha Jan 2018 #58
Ain't that the truth? MontanaMama Jan 2018 #60
Gang members stick together-----until they don't! Doitnow Jan 2018 #69
*inhale* fountainofyouth Jan 2018 #3
Another example of projection. robertpaulsen Jan 2018 #4
My first thought too. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #16
or the Big House lagomorph777 Jan 2018 #48
Bingo NewJeffCT Jan 2018 #77
I suspect Trump and Bannon are trying to make it look like Breitbart is not a Trump lapdog cstanleytech Jan 2018 #5
As may be, but regardless, the schisms in the Republicon Party are getting wider each month. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #18
Inevitable. Swamp creatures don't play well with others. Hortensis Jan 2018 #26
This is how they are draining the swamp lagomorph777 Jan 2018 #49
Exactly. Hortensis Jan 2018 #90
The topic isnt the Repugnant party as a whole though the issue is if there cstanleytech Jan 2018 #46
i suspect barbtries Jan 2018 #19
Lacking any real evidence of your suspicion, I'll simply presume this stems LanternWaste Jan 2018 #73
Takes one to know one. Two lost minds. Lint Head Jan 2018 #6
Non-denial denial, gaslighting (Who ya gonna believe? Me or your lying eyes) deminks Jan 2018 #7
just remember, if the president does it, it's "presidential" by definition unblock Jan 2018 #8
The truth hurts bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 #9
mean girls! WomanWhoRoars Jan 2018 #10
Now that he is on his own, Steve is learning that winning isnt as easy as I make it look. mobeau69 Jan 2018 #15
That one cracked me up PatSeg Jan 2018 #21
tRump is obsessed with bdamomma Jan 2018 #29
Do you suppose that PatSeg Jan 2018 #38
Utterly no compassion. Trump is the ultimate Republican, the distilled version. Sophia4 Jan 2018 #79
I loved every sentence of it. PdxSean Jan 2018 #25
He Didn't Write That ProfessorGAC Jan 2018 #80
Agree. tavernier Jan 2018 #84
Disagree! ProfessorGAC Jan 2018 #93
Please, Secret Service, just put Trump in the Hall of Presidents.... Orange Free State Jan 2018 #11
Thats an awful lot of words. Girard442 Jan 2018 #12
And the use of the phrase "burn it down" . . . Orangeutan Jan 2018 #20
Could be a blowback from excerpts released from Bannons new book. notdarkyet Jan 2018 #45
I was thinking the same thing. Hope Hicks, maybe? PdxSean Jan 2018 #27
My thought also. Not even one denial of collusion. Hortensis Jan 2018 #33
Agreed... N_E_1 for Tennis Jan 2018 #72
Absolutely. I call bullshit. Dave Starsky Jan 2018 #86
Popcorn time TNLib Jan 2018 #13
Just a low-level coffee boy... pecosbob Jan 2018 #14
Trump Says Bannon Has Lost His Mind After Bannon Insults Donald Trump Jr. elleng Jan 2018 #17
Wonder how Fox is going to cover this spat tonight..... Orangeutan Jan 2018 #22
Benghazi!!!!!!! Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2018 #41
"I'm rubber, you're glue" PatSeg Jan 2018 #23
LOL Oneironaut Jan 2018 #24
That is exactly what I was thinking, grab the popcorn. This is going to be so much fun to watch. vsrazdem Jan 2018 #37
Theyre going to be so confused. Oneironaut Jan 2018 #52
Wow, this is great. Let the fun begin. louis c Jan 2018 #28
Mindless coffee boy? AllyCat Jan 2018 #30
Will be interesting to see if Trump takes up this topic on Twitter. Orangeutan Jan 2018 #31
Hahahahaha! ismnotwasm Jan 2018 #32
trump says bannon has lost his mind thbobby Jan 2018 #34
I think we are witnessing the final throws of this presidency. Javaman Jan 2018 #35
I hope so bdamomma Jan 2018 #42
Cat fight - reality tv live in the USA Iliyah Jan 2018 #36
I hope they eat each other alive. TeamPooka Jan 2018 #39
Nothing but a staffer, right??? Arkansas Granny Jan 2018 #43
Is he's trying to distance himself from trump duforsure Jan 2018 #44
I'm concerned zipplewrath Jan 2018 #57
Bannon says theres a 30% chance DT will finish his 1st term. oxbow Jan 2018 #63
Hello, pot. Meet kettle meow2u3 Jan 2018 #47
Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my Presidency." yellowcanine Jan 2018 #50
Now we know why it's so cold! wcollar Jan 2018 #51
Yes! MontanaMama Jan 2018 #76
Welcome to DU bdamomma Jan 2018 #96
It's on askyagerz Jan 2018 #53
Trump had repeatedly said he never uses email. Another lie. nt SunSeeker Jan 2018 #54
Carefully crafted email was far too long for Twitter. Orangeutan Jan 2018 #56
Good point. nt SunSeeker Jan 2018 #59
Trump only hires the very best L. Coyote Jan 2018 #61
This is weird oxbow Jan 2018 #62
It's the second. Volaris Jan 2018 #75
Pot, meet kettle. BobTheSubgenius Jan 2018 #64
It's Mueller time. Amimnoch Jan 2018 #67
I am sorry, but this is hilarious. DeminPennswoods Jan 2018 #68
Said the pot to the kettle!!!!!!!! ailsagirl Jan 2018 #70
I wonder how Fox is handling this. Oppaloopa Jan 2018 #71
By ignoring it I'd guess JDC Jan 2018 #87
I Left This Comment on The Palmer Report: DoctorJoJo Jan 2018 #74
I brought extra butter Hekate Jan 2018 #81
Thank You GOP For Giving Us a Completely Deranged President -- We Have Crossed the Rubicon dlk Jan 2018 #82
Trump, as a paranoid narcissist who may be exhibiting early signs of dementia,... LudwigPastorius Jan 2018 #83
Takes one to know one. calimary Jan 2018 #85
So why email and not a tweet. Donnie Dotard can tweet about threatening nuclear war iluvtennis Jan 2018 #88
Yeah, right Trump. We now know that the truth is the opposite of what you say. C Moon Jan 2018 #89
TWITTER: Let the battle begin between the drunk and the moron... iluvtennis Jan 2018 #91
Trump doesn't "do" email - that's been documented frequently Mr. Ected Jan 2018 #92
Trumped should never have let that email go out! Mountain Mule Jan 2018 #94
E mail, not a tweet? dRumpf acting like a cuck. rec, nt. Mc Mike Jan 2018 #95

Stuart G

(38,453 posts)
55. If you place the word "Idiocracy" in your seach box....you will see info on this movie...
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 03:41 PM
Jan 2018

It is supposed to be comedy, but it is easy to relate it to today, as Roland99 has done..

here is a link:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/

It is at Rotten Tomatoes, and also it is at Wikipedia:
here is a very short paragraph about the film...(I really enjoyed it)
________________________________________________________________________________________

In 2005, average in every way private Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson) is selected to take part in a secret military experiment to put him in hibernation for a year along with a woman named Rita (Maya Rudolph). The slumbering duo is forgotten when the base they are stored on is closed down and are left in stasis until 2505. When they finally wake up, they discover the average intelligence of humans has decreased so much that Joe is now the smartest man in the world.

GetRidOfThem

(869 posts)
78. One of my favorites...
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 04:36 PM
Jan 2018

But there was a comment here on this board (not by me): "I thought it was supposed to be a comedy, not a documentary."

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)
77. Bingo
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 04:33 PM
Jan 2018

Trump is the master of projection. If he attributes something negative to anybody, you can be assured it applies bigly to Trump.

cstanleytech

(26,334 posts)
5. I suspect Trump and Bannon are trying to make it look like Breitbart is not a Trump lapdog
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 02:33 PM
Jan 2018

because they plan to use it to try and help keep control of as many Repugnant seats in the House and Senate as possible in the upcoming 2018 elections.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
90. Exactly.
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 05:20 PM
Jan 2018

That could be our marsh, though someone's been poaching the big ones lately. Nevertheless, those baby alligators who survive to arrive there typically congregate on the south side of our property, far as possible from where dad mostly hangs out in a clump of willows north of our next-door neighbors.

cstanleytech

(26,334 posts)
46. The topic isnt the Repugnant party as a whole though the issue is if there
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 03:09 PM
Jan 2018

is a real one between Bannon and Trump and to be honest I would not be surprised if they were trying to play their base like a fiddle to make it look like there is one.

Or in other words I would not trust them with a 1 billion lightyear long pole.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
73. Lacking any real evidence of your suspicion, I'll simply presume this stems
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 04:22 PM
Jan 2018

Lacking any real evidence of your suspicion, I'll simply presume this stems from the fact they are simply small, petty men.acting as small, petty men do to each other.

deminks

(11,018 posts)
7. Non-denial denial, gaslighting (Who ya gonna believe? Me or your lying eyes)
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 02:34 PM
Jan 2018

The smell of desperation fills the air. There is not enough popcorn in the world.

WomanWhoRoars

(175 posts)
10. mean girls!
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 02:38 PM
Jan 2018

Trump's response:

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. Steve was a staffer who worked for me after I had already won the nomination by defeating seventeen candidates, often described as the most talented field ever assembled in the Republican party.

Now that he is on his own, Steve is learning that winning isn’t as easy as I make it look. 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.

Steve pretends to be at war with the media, which he calls the opposition party, yet he spent his time at the White House leaking false information to the media to make himself seem far more important than he was. It is the only thing he does well. Steve was rarely in a one-on-one meeting with me and only pretends to have had influence to fool a few people with no access and no clue, whom he helped write phony books.

We have many great Republican members of Congress and candidates who are very supportive of the Make America Great Again agenda. Like me, they love the United States of America and are helping to finally take our country back and build it up, rather than simply seeking to burn it all down.

bdamomma

(63,930 posts)
29. tRump is obsessed with
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 02:56 PM
Jan 2018

the word "winning" if he doesn't win in this case illegally he feels as though he is nothing, which he is

 

Sophia4

(3,515 posts)
79. Utterly no compassion. Trump is the ultimate Republican, the distilled version.
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 04:39 PM
Jan 2018

Distilled Republican right down to his total narcissism.

This is amazing to watch. I think we are watching the final conclusion of the Republican, Reagan Revolution. Total selfishness ultimately distilled into nothingness.

Final destination for Republicans: The Hell of utter selfishness.

We are almost there.

PdxSean

(574 posts)
25. I loved every sentence of it.
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 02:52 PM
Jan 2018

Never, in the history of humankind, has there been a more clear indicator that it's time to warm up the popcorn popper. This, folks, calls for real butter. The show's about to start.

ProfessorGAC

(65,243 posts)
80. He Didn't Write That
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 04:40 PM
Jan 2018

Too many words. And there's a cogent thought all the way through the each paragraph.

This was written by someone else.

ProfessorGAC

(65,243 posts)
93. Disagree!
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 06:49 PM
Jan 2018

Not even that. Surprisingly, I'm more cynical than you! Well, probably not, but "it" wrote NONE of that.

Orange Free State

(611 posts)
11. Please, Secret Service, just put Trump in the Hall of Presidents....
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 02:40 PM
Jan 2018

....at Disneyworld, and let the Robotrump golf at Mar-a-Lago. He could address the adoring crowds all day long, and Robotrump would cause no problems golfing.

Girard442

(6,086 posts)
12. Thats an awful lot of words.
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 02:40 PM
Jan 2018

Spelled right, in complete sentences, even. Donnie might like what it says but he didn’t write it.

Orangeutan

(204 posts)
20. And the use of the phrase "burn it down" . . .
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 02:49 PM
Jan 2018

indicates some research into the critics of Bannon was done by the aide who helped write it.

PdxSean

(574 posts)
27. I was thinking the same thing. Hope Hicks, maybe?
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 02:54 PM
Jan 2018

Seems like anyone else would have advised him to step away from the dumpster fire.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
86. Absolutely. I call bullshit.
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 05:09 PM
Jan 2018

No way he wrote this. Grammar, spelling, punctuation, length of thought... they are way, WAY past anything he has ever tweeted out. What a bunch of crap.

vsrazdem

(2,177 posts)
37. That is exactly what I was thinking, grab the popcorn. This is going to be so much fun to watch.
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 02:58 PM
Jan 2018

I wonder how long it will take all those Alt Right Bannon followers to start attacking Trump.

Oneironaut

(5,530 posts)
52. Theyre going to be so confused.
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 03:30 PM
Jan 2018

The dissonance might be so strong that they start outright denying that there’s a Trump / Bannon rift, and start saying that the deep state hijacked Trump’s account, or something wacky like that.

 

louis c

(8,652 posts)
28. Wow, this is great. Let the fun begin.
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 02:56 PM
Jan 2018

Trump calls Bannon crazy, Bannon calls Trump crazy.

I agree with both of them

Orangeutan

(204 posts)
31. Will be interesting to see if Trump takes up this topic on Twitter.
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 02:57 PM
Jan 2018

I tend to think not. I think he'll want to keep his base in the dark about it as much as possible.

ismnotwasm

(42,020 posts)
32. Hahahahaha!
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 02:57 PM
Jan 2018

What a complete clusterfuck. I would ~actually~ be amused if all this wasn’t causing so much harm

thbobby

(1,474 posts)
34. trump says bannon has lost his mind
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 02:57 PM
Jan 2018

Kind of like the pot calling the kettle orange. Or rather the depends calling the hair orange. Fuck! What has our country become?

Javaman

(62,534 posts)
35. I think we are witnessing the final throws of this presidency.
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 02:57 PM
Jan 2018

he's spinning completely out of his mind.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
44. Is he's trying to distance himself from trump
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 03:06 PM
Jan 2018

By turning on him first. They may both know what's coming.

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
57. I'm concerned
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 03:47 PM
Jan 2018

I've stated before that I see far too much of my father's decent into dementia in Trump's behavior. The addition of this apparent paranoia streak is also bothering, mostly because that appeared much later in my father. So either he's further along, or he is progressing differently (or I guess he's just a moron). But I'm wondering how many people around him are aware of his decline and are busily either protecting him, hoping he can hold on, or worse, trying to wring the last bit of benefit out of him for themselves. One wonders if Bannon is one of these people and is positioning himself for the inevitable.

oxbow

(2,034 posts)
63. Bannon says theres a 30% chance DT will finish his 1st term.
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 04:02 PM
Jan 2018

I’m starting to think he is indeed jumping ship, for whatever reason

wcollar

(176 posts)
51. Now we know why it's so cold!
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 03:30 PM
Jan 2018

Hell has frozen over. Both Steve Bannon and Donald Trump are right about something on the same day!

askyagerz

(776 posts)
53. It's on
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 03:31 PM
Jan 2018

I've been waiting for this day. It was just a matter of time before these two blowhards start hurling insults at each other. They will drag each other down to hell before either of them back down. Good times...

Orangeutan

(204 posts)
56. Carefully crafted email was far too long for Twitter.
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 03:43 PM
Jan 2018

And I think he wants to keep his Twitter followers in the dark about this whole deal.

oxbow

(2,034 posts)
62. This is weird
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 03:57 PM
Jan 2018

It makes sense for DT to attack someone who goes after his family. What doesn’t make sense is the 3 Breitbart articles about this. That place is in upheaval right now.

Either Breitbart is trying to set themselves up as independent ahead of the ‘18 elections, or Bannon is declaring open season on the WH. any other possibilities?

Volaris

(10,275 posts)
75. It's the second.
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 04:28 PM
Jan 2018

Britebart will use this as an excuse to claim that the about-to-be-indicted pres is just another establishment RINO who wasn't enough of an outsider to stop the DemGayAgenda and drain the swamp. This will be done to set the argument that rather than electing Dems who actually give a damn about them, their votes should go to other tea party loons who believe what the Base does. Bannon is about to destroy his own creation because his creation isn't quite crazy enough in the right way, and too crazy in others.

Or, Bannon is about to tell Mueller EVERY THING to save his own ass from a prison stint.

DeminPennswoods

(15,290 posts)
68. I am sorry, but this is hilarious.
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 04:13 PM
Jan 2018

I hope someone offers them a steel cage grudge match. Proceeds from pay-per-view would probably pay off the national debt!

 

DoctorJoJo

(1,134 posts)
74. I Left This Comment on The Palmer Report:
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 04:24 PM
Jan 2018

What a DAY! We are now past the beginning of the end, and now nearer the end of the end. They are all going to Fed lock-up, and I can't wait to see them bawling like babies. Then we will start seeing all the Trump Repuke sycophants start turning flip-flops, as their careers come tumbling down. This party will be lost in the woods for a generation, and it will be SO well deserved! Sayonara, suck-ups!

dlk

(11,580 posts)
82. Thank You GOP For Giving Us a Completely Deranged President -- We Have Crossed the Rubicon
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 04:53 PM
Jan 2018

Like we needed further confirmation the entire GOP leadership is completely lacking any shred of a conscience.

LudwigPastorius

(9,191 posts)
83. Trump, as a paranoid narcissist who may be exhibiting early signs of dementia,...
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 05:03 PM
Jan 2018

is in no position to diagnose Bannon as a terminal alcoholic exhibiting signs of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (wet brain).

iluvtennis

(19,882 posts)
88. So why email and not a tweet. Donnie Dotard can tweet about threatening nuclear war
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 05:10 PM
Jan 2018

cuz he has a "bigger button", but he doesn't tweet about Bannon. Something smelly here.

Mr. Ected

(9,672 posts)
92. Trump doesn't "do" email - that's been documented frequently
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 05:40 PM
Jan 2018

Therefore, this email may be attributed to Trump, but it's unlikely that he actually penned it.

Strange that Bannon hadn't lost his mind last month, though, when both he and Trump touted Roy Moore for the Senate. You would think the mental derailment would have been articulated by Trump at that time. LOL.

Mountain Mule

(1,002 posts)
94. Trumped should never have let that email go out!
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 07:06 PM
Jan 2018

As usual, he's made it worse for himself.

I check in on a forum frequented by folks all over the political spectrum. The cult 45 crowd doesn't know which way is up. I been loving reading their posts attacking one another.

CONFUSION TO OUR ENEMIES!

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