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It all makes sense now: Why Trump picked Steve Bannon to run his campaign. (Original Post) Binkie The Clown Aug 2016 OP
he can't blame him... SummerSnow Aug 2016 #1
excellent point chillfactor Aug 2016 #2
Trump will say the GOP were weak and stupid. SummerSnow Aug 2016 #4
Con Man Don is in this for the bucks. Wellstone ruled Aug 2016 #3
^ nt BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2016 #5
Off topic but... SunSeeker Aug 2016 #8
Notice that when you mentioned it. Wellstone ruled Aug 2016 #10
LOL No worries. You still got it, Wellstone ruled! nt SunSeeker Aug 2016 #11
Thanks! Wellstone ruled Aug 2016 #12
Bannon and Ailes have experience in the media. He will use them to run his media empire. alfredo Aug 2016 #6
I agree, the beginning of Trump Broadcast, it will put Rush to shame and Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #14
We will wait to see. I wonder if he will try to use campaign money to finance it? alfredo Aug 2016 #15
He may do this, saying the donees intended he have a life after the election. Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #17
He picked Bannon because s big donor named Robert Mercer... Lucky Luciano Aug 2016 #7
Exactly. Mercer is Trump's biggest donor. Trump is dependent on Mercer's money. SunSeeker Aug 2016 #9
I guess the NEW GOP no longer honors that the CEO is untimately responsible for their company. TheBlackAdder Aug 2016 #13
As well as losing the election, Trump's stock will nosedive. oasis Aug 2016 #16
He picked Bannon because he only hires the very best people Coyotl Aug 2016 #18
That is an interesting theory Lsantos04 Aug 2016 #19

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
1. he can't blame him...
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 01:21 PM
Aug 2016

He is aware the man is a racist and a batterer. When he loses and blame Banon, the media will ask him why did you keep him on then?

chillfactor

(7,576 posts)
2. excellent point
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 01:32 PM
Aug 2016

t-rump knew who he was hiring..t-rump has no one to blame but himself. However, we know t-rump will find a scapegoat for his loss..god forbid t-rump should take responsibility for the downfall of the gop.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
3. Con Man Don is in this for the bucks.
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 01:34 PM
Aug 2016

And by some chance he would win,he will be a one man wrecking machine on our Nation. If anyone things the modern day GOP would really try to reign this Hustler in,for get about it. This has been one of their ideas since FDR which they considered a Emperor that needed to be over thrown. The Rethugs are salivating for this Guy to be Elected.

All one needs to know to really understand is this is Ruppert Murdoch and Roger Ailes Brexit Hero. And now we are hearing and reading stories about voter suppression efforts being shifted into high gear.

SunSeeker

(51,564 posts)
8. Off topic but...
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 03:20 PM
Aug 2016

Do you post with a Galaxy S7 or Edge? I notice your post has the same weird comma instead of space typos that mysteriously pop up when I post using my Edge 7. Drives me crazy.

Otherwise, great post.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
10. Notice that when you mentioned it.
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 03:25 PM
Aug 2016

Just had a FireFox update this A.M.. But I do believe it is me and my lack of composition abilities. Use it or lose it and after Seventy Five years,what can I say.

alfredo

(60,074 posts)
6. Bannon and Ailes have experience in the media. He will use them to run his media empire.
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 03:11 PM
Aug 2016

Running for president was just to raise his profile with the alt right.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
14. I agree, the beginning of Trump Broadcast, it will put Rush to shame and
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 04:58 PM
Aug 2016

Will charge for access, all of FOX listeners will flock to his company.

Lucky Luciano

(11,257 posts)
7. He picked Bannon because s big donor named Robert Mercer...
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 03:14 PM
Aug 2016

...who effectively controls Breitbart told him to pick Bannon...and Conway.

SunSeeker

(51,564 posts)
9. Exactly. Mercer is Trump's biggest donor. Trump is dependent on Mercer's money.
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 03:24 PM
Aug 2016

In other words, Mercer bought Trump.

 

Lsantos04

(48 posts)
19. That is an interesting theory
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 06:15 PM
Aug 2016

I still believe that Donald chose Bannon because the two both share the same idiotic beliefs regurgitated over and over at Breitbart. Choosing Bannon would also appease the racists in Trump's base who believe that Obama is a socialist Muslim from Kenya. Of course, this all comes at the expense of the moderates, who are getting increasingly disgusted with Trump's extremism.

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