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Louis1895

(779 posts)
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 01:59 PM Feb 2017

A second coup in the White House? [View all]

If Steve Bannon, Steve Miller, and General Flynn felt that they were able to pull off a coup to take over the government and control Trump, the push-back from the Senate-confirmed Secretaries of Homeland Security, Secretary of Defense, and Secretary of State may have wrested the power back to people who actually follow and uphold the law. I love this quote from the article:

Respectfully but firmly, the retired general and longtime Marine told Bannon that despite his high position in the White House and close relationship with Trump, the former Breitbart chief was not in Kelly’s chain of command, two administration officials said. If the president wanted Kelly to back off from issuing the waiver, Kelly would have to hear it from the president directly, he told Bannon.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/02/04/the-white-house-cabinet-battle-over-trumps-immigration-ban/?utm_term=.8f5e70004340
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I'm pretty suspicious of all things Trump... C_U_L8R Feb 2017 #1
Ugh Lotusflower70 Feb 2017 #2
The inner workings of the Kremlin for years were a mystery in the west. gordianot Feb 2017 #4
True that Lotusflower70 Feb 2017 #5
I'd pay to see safeinOhio Feb 2017 #3
Mattis would rip him a new one sarah FAILIN Feb 2017 #6
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