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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPriebus and NOW BANNON are coming back? What fresh hell is this?
Edited to add Bannon- wtf is going on?
I'm guessing he's going to try and disrupt the investigations- get support to limit the scope?
Or maybe they anticipate some ugly headlines from this tour and they need someone stateside to wrangle GOP reps, keep them on message?
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,721 posts)delisen
(6,044 posts)Tanuki
(14,922 posts)one by one....if the leaks continued when Kellyanne was the only one there, she was the leaker. If they only start again when Reine comes back, he was the leaker.....
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)to leak when she's alone. Pence stayed here, right. Maybe he's the leaker?
Out of Kelly Ann, Spicer, Reince, Pence, Bannon, who else? Who is the most likely leaker? What
about one of their spouses?
NCjack
(10,279 posts)for him to collect and copy documents, meet with FBI and DoJ, and arrange to be hidden in a safe house before Bannon and Trump return. He's really afraid that Trump will let Bannon loose to kick the crap out of him.
dembotoz
(16,844 posts)underpants
(182,904 posts)Why on earth take that job when he could have been taking a victory lap with donors (regardless of the actual results)?
Bannon's a dicey situation for Trump too. Dump him and he could turn the whole alt-right world against Snowflake.
MineralMan
(146,333 posts)That's my guess. Trump is going to come back from this trip to meet his new West Wing staff. I don't know, though, whether Rinse Prepuce is going to be part of the new staff or whether he is returning as hors de combat. I suspect the latter, frankly. I think he's out. I could be wrong, though. Trump may be trying an end-around and moving some Party regulars in in an attempt avoid wholesale abandonment by the Repugs.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Seems to be a calculated way to distract from the Bannon/ Priebus thing. But DT is so mercurial that it's hard to say which way he'll go. I guess it's wherever he calculates he can salvage his reputation. I'd be shocked if they didn't try to screw around with the independent investigation.
MineralMan
(146,333 posts)which is why it may be significant. Perhaps he has been canned, and was sent home in shame. Perhaps he's been charged with the job of clearing out White House staff that has been fired. Perhaps he's going back to greet Kimberly Guilfoyle who will be replacing Spicer as Press secretary.
Perhaps Trump is keeping Bannon close because he is dangerous and he doesn't want to fire him while he's out of the country, and Priebus is going back to deal with that situation.
Maybe Priebus has been IDed as the West Wing Leaker. That may be the actual best possibility. He's been fired, if that is the case, and is going back to clear out his desk. Except that leaving him alone in the White House might be really dangerous for Trump. So, maybe not.
There are other scenarios, as well.
It's hard to say, but it's definitely unusual for someone like Priebus to suddenly be sent home from a 9-day trip like this.
Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)THey do live in a parallel universe with alternative facts and logic.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,902 posts)quite publicly.
Has Spicer actually been replaced? I managed to miss that.
Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)been pink-slipped altogether and just wants to grab his toothbrush and socks before heading home...
Cuz you know, that sob did OBSTRUCT JUSTICE when he dialed up the FBI in late March (i think it was) and asked them to take their investigation down a notch, right??! I went crazy/loony/berserk, and...nope, he suffered no consequences grrrrr
But okay, if he's coming back to whip this administration into shape (??!!) - fine. grrrrrr
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)To keep up with.
Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)it's a little more complicated than I recall, but still - all this "casual contact" between WH and FBI - BAD
http://www.npr.org/2017/02/24/517011779/white-house-asked-fbi-to-publicly-refute-reports-trump-associates-had-russia-con
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Maven
(10,533 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)And that they'll double down in their attempt to obstruct justice. Becasue there's going to be more leaks all week and Priebus is going to try and mitigate the damage.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)THE CUCKOO CLOCK.
Maybe Trump is figuring out that if he doesn't do exactly as he's told by those with a lot more money and power than him that he will be leaving office early.
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)Prison would not be fun for him.
You know deals are going to be made.
The first people to turn will get the better deals.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Demtexan
(1,588 posts)Maybe his lawyers got him a deal going.
Told him to come home.
Look at all white house gang who left on the plane.
That looks really strange.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Charlotte Little
(658 posts)...Am I the only one who thought it was more weird that Priebus and the goonies, et al. went on the trip to begin with?
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Or who will be tossed aside next. People speculated people came out of fear they'd be targeted since they were out of sight, out of mind.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,197 posts)and didn't want to miss out on giving his 2 ounces worth.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)haele
(12,681 posts)Priebus and Bannon are the continuity pieces to the Mercer/Dominionist plans to "Christianize" the U.S.
If something happens to Drumpf, Pence - being just as stupid and malleable - needs all the Mercer support he can muster. Putin doesn't need Drumpf anymore, he's got what he wants from the U.S.
And lazy "didn't want the job" Tillerson is just as much an out-lived tool/liability to him on the world stage as Drumpf is.
On edit - I'm thinking the leaks were from the Russian handlers to stir up chaos, not from the True Believers who are trying to get their policy through. Now is the time for Putin to disengage. You don't stay on a sinking ship, after all.
Haele
VigilantG
(374 posts)Returned to do FBI interview today??
Is Bannon also being summoned or as someone else suggested, he is headed back to cover things up?