Sunday, July 30, 2017

“Alt-Right” Guru in Charge or President: Open to Debate and Questionable

TIME Cover: Public Honor or Police BOLO

Developing Story May Involve “Alt-right” – How Far Does It Reach

Focus now in light of the White House turmoil is Stephen Bannon — perceived to be the “real power” behind Trump. That is a hard harsh fact based on a lot evidence that mounts almost daily. How, or if he is even remotely tied to this story – surely we need to know.

This story headline got my attention: 


Pro-Trump trolls silent after “Alt-right" ship detained in Mediterranean for apparent human trafficking

Background: 

1.  Donald J. Trump is president; not Stephen K. Bannon.
2.  Trump was elected to the office; not Bannon (he was appointed).
3.  Trump, like presidents before him, is expected to show good judgment in making cabinet and other key government official choices and selections; not Bannon.

So, who is in charge of our government and thus, the country? That is not a rhetorical question. All that has happened in last few weeks and months since Trump took office needs close scrutiny to see exactly what Bannon’s role, if any, has been and continues to be.

Much has been is still on-going about the missteps and faux pas of the administration – practically it seem almost on a daily basis – thus key and critical questions remain unanswered definitively. 

The real question is: “Who is in charge?” By all accounts it is not Donald J. Trump – he is in office, but he seems not to be presidential – at least that the public has grown to expect over the years in our presidents.

Tons of information is out there on Bannon and his “Alt-right” mood and views and contacts while he was in charge of Breitbart  

This video segment may be the most-revealing about Bannon in his own words not mine – re: Trump’s and his plan to “deconstruct the administrative” state… WTF moment for sure:


Bannon has also rejected seen here the idea that he is a racist and here too, saying this  which is revealing as well as astonishing for someone so close to the President saying:

“I'm not a white nationalist, I'm a nationalist. I'm an economic nationalist. The globalists gutted the American working class and created a middle class in Asia. The issue now is about Americans looking to not get f**ked over. If we deliver”
(I Note: By the “we” he means the Trump White House with him in place alongside Trump and with his ear).
Bannon continued: “Then we'll get 60 percent of the white vote and 40 percent of the black and Hispanic vote, and we'll govern for 50 years. That's what the Democrats missed. They were talking to these people with companies with a $9 billion market cap employing nine people. It's not reality. They lost sight of what the world is about.”
Yeah, that Stephen K. Bannon and more:
Bannon can seem to be not just a focused voice behind Trump, but almost a messianic one when he says: “Like Andrew Jackson's populism, we're going to build an entirely new political movement. It's everything related to jobs. The conservatives are going to go crazy. I'm the guy pushing a trillion-dollar infrastructure plan. With negative interest rates throughout the world, it's the greatest opportunity to rebuild everything. Shipyards, iron works, get them all jacked up. We're just going to throw it up against the wall and see if it sticks. It will be as exciting as the 1930’s, greater than the Reagan revolution — conservatives plus populists in an economic nationalist movement.”
Then several days after the Trump inauguration, Bannon told the NY TIMES:  “The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while. I want you to quote this: “The media here is the opposition party.” They don't understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States.” 
Then recall that Trump has repeatedly referred to media outlets and their work as “Fake News” and now he says they are “the enemy of the American people.”


Finally, in closing, is this most-revealing statement from former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus I guess as we went out W/H Door. 

He says this about Bannon: “Strategist Steve Bannon is someone who only cares about President Donald Trump’s agenda and he thinks about his nationalist-populist platform “24 hours a day.”

All I can say is Wow… and stay tuned. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

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