President Donald Trump was reluctant to voice public support for Steve Bannon, one his top aides, amid reports of a massive rift between him and fellow adviser Jared Kushner that also saw Bannon lose his position on the national security council. “I like Steve, but you have to remember he was not involved in my…
What kind of president looks for an excuse not to condemn anti-Semitism? And what kind of administration points to the apprehension of one depraved suspect in Israel, among scores of recent perpetrators, as the pretext for denying the epidemic of anti-Semitism on the president’s watch? The answer: A presidency out of touch with the spread…
(JTA) — What, exactly, makes Jared Kushner a “globalist?” Stephen Bannon, the chief strategist for President Donald Trump, reportedly applied the epithet to Kushner, the president’s increasingly busy senior adviser, who is Jewish. The Daily Beast reported on the name-calling in an article on the latest White House palace intrigue, which has seen Bannon’s stock…
Their rivalry is a secret to no one: Though they both occupy top positions at the White House, Steve Bannon, Trump’s chief strategist, and Jared Kushner, the president’s senior advisor and son-in-law, have opposed views on every possible issue. Case in point: Bannon is calling Kushner a “cuck” and a “globalist” behind his back, The…
After an election in which he was President Trump’s “brain,” the White House’s chief strategist, Steve Bannon, seems to be losing out in an administration riven with infighting, according to Politico. Some responsibilities appear to be sliding toward his most formidable rival in the president’s inner circle: Senior Adviser Jared Kushner. Trump earlier this week…
As infighting continues to rage within the Trump White House, chief strategist Steve Bannon apparently got so frustrated that he almost bolted from the administration, before a key donor and confidant persuaded him to stay. “Rebekah Mercer prevailed upon him to stay,” one source close to the story told Politico, referring to the mega-donor who…
Reactions from liberal U.S. Jewish and civil-rights organizations came swift and strong to the news that President Donald Trump had removed Stephen Bannon, his polarizing chief strategist, from the National Security Council on Wednesday. The move was part of a wider reorganization of the NSC, ordered by Trump on Tuesday. The NSC is a key…
President Trump on Wednesday yanked his chief strategist, Steve Bannon, off the National Security Council in a possible victory for rival aide Jared Kushner. Bannon’s removal from the NSC, which includes senior members of Trump’s foreign policy team, was seen by some as a boost to national security adviser H.R. McMaster, who officials said has…
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