Well it's official, Donald Trump couldn't take having "Mr. Bannon" around anymore.
Many people believe Steve Bannon was the devil on Donald Trumps shoulder. The real power behind the scenes and the reason most support for President Trump comes from the hard line populist / white nationalist fringe of America.
The Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the President now joins the growing list of Trump administration officials who have either been fired, quit outright, or quietly "resigned".
-Patrick Kennedy, Under Secretary Of State For Management — Quit January 1
-Sally Yates, United States Deputy Attorney General — Fired January 30
-Michael Flynn, National Security Advisor — Fired February 14
-Craig Deare, National Security Council Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs — Fired February 17
-Preet Bharara, US Attorney For The Southern District Of New York — Fired March 11
-Angella Reid, White House Chief Usher — Fired May 5
-James Comey, Director Of The FBI — Fired May 9
-Michael Dubke, White House Communications Director — Resigned May 18
-Sean Spicer, White House Press Secretary - Resigned July 21
-Michael Short, Assistant Press Secretary - Resigned, July 25
-Reince Priebus, White House Chief of Staff - Fired July 28
-Anthony Scaramucci, White House Communications Director - Fired July 31
The following White House officials have all been rumored to also have their positions at risk...
Jeff Sessions, Attorney General
Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State
Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president
... and judging from the rate of turnover in this white house, it is probably just a matter of time.
Now the question is
- After Bannon is gone, will it make any difference at all.
- Are the constant changes to senior white house staff just growing pains for a "not a politician, politician".
- Will the insanity that is the Donald Trump administration continue.
- Does General Kelly have any chance of reigning it in.
- What will the next 211 days look like
Let me know what you think in the comments - I look forward to reading them.
Thanks...
MDG
"Does it matter?" That is a question I avoid asking myself. After Trump became president even though he lost the popular vote by 3.2 million, does anything matter? Oh well, life goes on. The personal is political but the political is not personal (or at least it shouldn't be).
Elections are not decided by the popular vote, if that were the case only the large pop states would matter. The electoral college was created knowing that'd be a problem.
Until we can create a better system it's the only one that makes sure each state gets representation in presidential elections. I like the idea of replacing the president with a group of people. Get a group of 4-8 people, each elected.
The Electoral College was created to protect the slave states. The founders who wrote the Constitution knew that direct elections would be a problem, because there were so few qualified voters in the south.
Quoted from The Troubling Reason the Electoral College Exists by Akhil Reed Amar.If I can vote directly for Mayor, Governor, Congress Representative, and Senator, I damn well should be able to vote directly for President!