This break up with Steve roots back to the early days of the admin. Bannon thought he was running the White House for Trump. When overruled Steve lashed out, started leaking & attacking Jared & McMaster. Trump knew he had a problem but had to be careful how he destroyed Bannon.
Steve Bannon actually believed he uniquely represented the #MAGA policy agenda. I tried telling people like @stranahan that #MAGA was a Trump creation. That Jared helped drive Trump to victory and was as much #MAGA as anyone. But these people are ideologues, purists.
At the time the nationalist purist wing was strong. Trump had to be careful but time passed & @realDonaldTrump proved himself so there’s less fear & anxiety that Trump is just another globalist puppet. People have watched Trump drive the agenda without Steve. Then AL happened...
AL was about more then just the loss. Once again Bannon took a shot at Trump’s Team. Everyone knew when Steve said Trump got bad advice on Moore he was referring to Jared. So the loss encapsulated everything wrong with Steve. A vindictive egomaniac that specializes in losing.
Alabama would be the last time Steve would lead Trump into a loser’s trap. People like @dmartosko think this is PR malpractice. Nope. Trump is using the publicity around #FireAndFury to utterly destroy Bannon on a grand scale. That’s what matters. Bannon is dead. Politically.
So today @realDonaldTrump sits with @GOP leadership at Camp David. They have many obstacles to overcome in 2018 but one has been removed from the playing field, Steve Bannon and his meddling in the 2018 Senate GOP Primaries. @dmartosko it’s called unconventional warfare.
P.S. I think Steve’s betrayal hurt. Not saying it shocked Trump who has been around and seen it all. But I think it stung. More than @Reince betrayal who was always a rat. Steve came on like he was noble. He wasn’t. As @Scaramucci said he was just sucking his own...
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1/ It’s almost September. We’re in the home stretch of the midterms and working class Americans are feeling the positive affects of the Trump economic boom. In a survey performed by Harvard-Harris 85% of blue collar workers see their lives headed in the right direction.
2/ These blue collar workers see that things are better off for themselves, 55%, and a whopping 88% say their children will have a better future than they will. It’s not just the economy that is booming, its confidence.
3/ This group of blue collar workers tend to lean Democrat (35-31%) But the see Republicans are doing a better job of helping blue collar Americans (39-36%).
1/ A thread on how Trump will ensure Republicans hold the House in 2018. I say how because it’s as much about the operational and tactical as it is about the message. The special elections are over and Republicans won 8/9.
2/ 89% is a pretty good percentage considering how much money, time, energy and significance that Democrats invested in each of these races. realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/…
3/ It’s not just about the percentage. It’s about how Trump and the RNC tipped these races in the favor of the Republican.
1/ Gonna write a quick thread cuz I have no time but this is so crucial.
Read the pics. This is what corruption and manufactured evidence to justify surveillance that is outside the appropriate function of FISA looks like.
2/ The called him Source #1 and never revealed his bias. In fact they only shared his positives. They manipulated the court.
3/ The truth was that DOJ knew of Steele’s bias. Ohr knew. FBI reports reflected they knew. But Ohr himself had a hidden bias, his wife worked for Steele’s employer.
1/ Excellent article by @ByronYork.
Other than Manafort, Mueller has handed off all of his major cases that would seem to help make a collusion case. Seemingly undercutting the idea he will make such a grand claim against any American (Trump).
2/ The fact that Mueller publicly indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers indicated he has no intention of ever prosecuting anyone. If he had intended to, he would have sealed the indictments and attempted to secure at least one of the defendants. The charges were political.
3/ So why did Mueller indict the 12 intelligence officers publicly? It was absolutely political. A momentary defense of FBI/DOJ. An attempt to validate the Russian interference claim. Will it stand up to the test of time? I don’t think so.
1/ There was no further evidence put forward that Russians hacked than was previously known.
Yet Rod jumps in the pool. If the speculation is right that this was all cover after the fact and the spearfish was a non Russian entity or a CIA operation then Rod has trapped himself.
2/ Because if later it can be shown that it wasn’t the Russians it makes the last 2 years of investigation being managed by Rod look like a railroad and a fake.
3/ Rod has now done two things. He has cleared “any American” (Trump) of knowledge or participation AND he has put his chips in on the “Russians (Putin) did it” theory.
1/ Here’s a question. If POTUS (Nixon) was required to turn over “private” recordings made in the WH shouldn’t FBI agents be required to turn over “private” work related messages?
2/ This is where Huber and age and jury comes in. In the IG report it refers to a denied request to receive “private” emails but the texts clearly show using those coms was tactical and designed to avoid oversight. Huber is very likely to subpoena those records.
3/ Given how bold the corrupt actors were on work devices the odds are those other messages are going to be explosive. So what kind topics may get revealed? Well the heart of the conspiracy to engineer the soft landing that let Coney conclude “no reasonable prosecutor”. Guccifer.