Politico: Bannon Considered Resigning After Clash With Kushner

Stephen Bannon, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign chairman, attends Trump's Hispanic advisory roundtable meeting in New York, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s chief strategist, considered leaving the White House due to disagreements with Jared Kushner, Politico reported late Wednesday citing a senior administration official and other “sources close to the President.”

Rebekah Mercer, a top Republican donor and Trump supporter, convinced Bannon to remain at the White House, according to Politico. Bannon had “complained that Kushner and his allies are trying to undermine his populist approach,” per Politico.

Bannon was also unhappy with the decision to remove him from the National Security Council’s Principals Committee and threatened to resign over the move, according to Politico.

The White House denied to Politico that Bannon had considered resigning.

Read the full report at Politico.

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  1. Please Stevie, take your ball and go home…

  2. Since when is destroying social programs that most of his constituents rely on a “populist approach”?

    Just because maybe some of these programs can be discontinued doesn’t mean they should be.

    And I’m only sorry Kushner was unsuccessful in getting this rat out of the rathouse. It might’ve endeared many more to Jared, had he accomplished this.

    Tell you what Jared: get Daddy to make the WH an alcohol/drug-free zone. That should seal the deal.

  3. The Mercers are still hoping to get their money’s worth out of this shill. Frankly, this drunk needs to go back to blogging on some third-rate website, peddling conspiracy theories to his hearts content, and let the rest of America move on from this idiot infesting the country with his warped thinking. If that doesn’t work, I have a huge rock in my garden he can crawl back under where he belongs. All kinds of slugs live there. One more won’t matter.

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