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Bannon Loses National Security Council Role in Trump Shakeup (bloomberg.com)

Posted by msmash on from the how-about-that dept.

Top presidential strategist Steve Bannon has been booted from the National Security Council amid a reshuffling of the key panel, Bloomberg reports Wednesday morning. President Donald Trump reorganized the council, removing Bannon and downgrading the role of his homeland security adviser, Tom Bossert, the report added, citing multiple sources. From the report: Bannon, the former executive chairman of Breitbart News, was elevated to the National Security Council's principals committee at the beginning of Trump's presidency. The move drew criticism from some members of Congress and Washington's foreign policy establishment. A White House official said that Bannon was placed on the committee in part to monitor Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, and never attended a meeting. He's no longer needed with McMaster in charge of the council, the official said. Trump fired Flynn on Feb. 13 for not disclosing to the president or to Vice President Mike Pence the extent of his conversations with Russia's ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak, before Trump's inauguration.

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  1. Re: This is relevant, how? by OrangeTide · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, it's a big conspiracy to take away your rights and complete the liberal agenda of switching this county into a communist utopia where bookist academic types rule over small businessmen and blue collar workers.

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    “Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
  2. Re: Huh? by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 5, Funny

    How so? Maybe you could take the time to explain it.

    Trump will be getting the same advice from the same people, but one of those people will now have a slightly different title. How is that not important?

  3. Re: This is relevant, how? by Geoffrey.landis · · Score: 5, Funny

    The US has carried a constant debt since the US Civil War. Debt is literally what makes the world go round.

    If by "literally" you mean "figuratively,"

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  4. Good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    The Huffington Post said he was a NAZI and that's good enough for me. I don't want NAZIs in the US government and neither should you. And no, I won't bother to research where this information came from, because NAZI.

    Have a nice day.

  5. Re: This is relevant, how? by sexconker · · Score: 1, Funny

    Nononono. Debt is good! Greece is fine!