February 2, 2017
LATHER; REPEAT; REINCE! (profanity alert):
Is Steve Bannon the Second Most Powerful Man in the World? (David Von Drehle, 2/02/17, TIME)
Yet Bannon's prominence in the first 10 days of the Administration--and the scenes of confusion and disorder that are his disruptive hallmark--has rattled the West Wing and perhaps even dismayed the President. According to senior Administration officials, Trump hauled in some half-dozen of his key advisers for a brisk dressing-down. Everything goes through chief of staff Reince Priebus, he directed. Nothing flows that hasn't been scheduled by his deputy Katie Walsh. "You're going to see probably a slower, more deliberative process," one official told TIME. [...]However much the disruptive Trump may have welcomed the outrage of the ruling elites, the slash-and-burn style has caused real internal tension at the White House. Senior staff say Trump has instructed chief of staff Priebus to enforce more orderly lines of authority and communication from now on. Presidential counselor Conway has agreed to take an increased role in planning White House messaging with the policy and legal shops.
If the deep state can play up the President Bannon angle enough we can get Donald to Cromwell him and then it's the Reince and Pence show, but they have sense enough to do it behind the scenes.
Posted by Orrin Judd at February 2, 2017 1:51 PM