Lion Heart 15,041 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Chief White House strategist Steve Bannon tried to order Department of Homeland Security secretary John Kelly to not issue a waiver exempting green card holders from President Trump’s travel ban executive order, according to a new report in the Washington Post. Per two Trump administration officials who spoke with the Post’s Josh Rogin, Kelly ultimately rebuffed the attempt, telling Bannon that he only takes orders from the president. The president never weighed in, and Kelly went ahead and issued the waiver, which was made public on Sunday night. That waiver ended two full days of confusion and chaos around the question of whether or not permanent U.S. residents from the seven predominantly Muslim nations included in the ban would be allowed to reenter the country. The White House itself then confirmed that green card holders were exempt from the order on Tuesday. According to Rogin’s sources, Kelly, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, and then Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson also banded together during a 2 a.m. phone call among White House staff on Sunday to oppose the haphazard way the president’s executive order had been conceived and implemented by the White House’s growing Breitbart wing, Bannon and White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller. Then during a larger meeting later on Sunday, Trump reportedly decided to temporarily suspend the issuing of executive orders until a better process — one that included more input from more White House officials — could be implemented. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/02/report-bannon-had-to-be-reminded-he-wasnt-the-president.html ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion Heart 15,041 Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 If the Report is true. I'm glad that 3 of our top officials are not a bunch of "Yes Men." Steve Bannon has no business telling anyone outside of Breitbart what to do. EDIT: (Rogin did not contact the White House prior to publishing this story, and per a series of updates on the original post, press secretary Sean Spicer has since denied major aspects of the story. According to Spicer, there was no confrontation between Bannon and Kelly, Bannon never visited Kelly’s office, Tillerson and Bannon did not participate in a 2 a.m. call that night, and it was not President Trump who approved a temporary suspension of the issuing of executive orders, but Chief of Staff Reince Priebus — and it was just new procedures he approved, not a suspension. Rogin appears to be standing by his reporting, regardless.) I just can't trust Spicer's word anymore. ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey 3,017 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 1 minute ago, Lion Heart said: Steve Bannon has no business telling anyone outside of Breitbart what to do. Huh? He's the White House Chief Strategist. His job is to "execute the administration's long-term agenda". His authority is roughly equal to that of the White House Chief of Staff. Of course he's going to be telling folks what to do. "I am the world's greatest person that does not want to let people into the country."—US President Donald J. Trump Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 110,012 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 I don't believe anything coming from the WH at this point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion Heart 15,041 Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 5 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said: I don't believe anything coming from the WH at this point. That's how I feel too. There's clearly some in-fighting going on between folks like Rince Priebus/ Paul Ryan and Steve Bannon/ Miller. ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopBitch 1,218 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Bannon is straight-up evil. Even sane Republicans wouldn't click on Breitbart News, an alt-right, anti-semitic, bigoted, faux news site. And one of the founding members of that site is now the power behind the throne. Unbelievable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 110,012 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 25 minutes ago, PopBitch said: Bannon is straight-up evil. Even sane Republicans wouldn't click on Breitbart News, an alt-right, anti-semitic, bigoted, faux news site. And one of the founding members of that site is now the power behind the throne. Unbelievable. Bannon is the true puppet master. He knows he can get the president to do anything by stroking his ego. It wouldn't surprise me if Bannon is slowly indoctrinating him. Notice how hard they are fighting for this ban which they implemented by surprise. This is a sneak peak at the next 4 years. They will come at us with surprises, this is Bannon's doing I'm sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whispering 18,865 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 3 hours ago, Morphine Prince said: I don't believe anything coming from the WH at this point. Especially from Kelly Alternative facts Anne or Sean Spinchter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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