Posted on 08/18/2017 4:28:59 PM PDT by Hadean
The White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon’s departure was widely applauded, and not only by the Washington establishment Mr. Bannon has spent a career excoriating. After the news broke, traders at the New York Stock Exchange “literally cheered,” according to a CNBC report.
Yet the reaction was not uniformly positive. Supporters of Mr. Trump’s America First nationalism worried that Mr. Bannon’s exit might sever the ties between the president and his electoral base.
“Any move to fire Bannon,” wrote the editor of the pro-Trump website American Greatness in recent days, “is more dangerous to the future of the Trump administration than anything Robert Mueller can do.”
But Mr. Trump’s supporters are wrong to worry. Mr. Bannon is the latest in a long line of political advisers whose reputations are inflated after an election victory. Mr. Bannon may have given much thought to traditionalism and populism, may have publicized its themes as chairman of Breitbart.com, may be able to name drop René Guénon, Julius Evola, Jean Raspail, Neil Howe and William Strauss. But President Trump’s inflammatory response to the clashes and killing last week in Charlottesville, Va., made it clear that it is he, and not Mr. Bannon, who maintains a gut connection with his most die-hard supporters. The most important culture warrior in this administration sits at the Resolute Desk.
Mr. Bannon’s reputation is overrated.
Yes, he transformed Breitbart from an irreverent blog into the iconoclastic tribune of nation-state populism, the anti-elitist ideology of border walls, travel bans and political incorrectness.
But his career as a political consultant has been short and checkered. As the president has observed, Bannon did not join Trump’s campaign until August 2016, by which time Trump had secured the Republican nomination. Mr. Trump’s victory was remarkable. It was also something of a black-swan event.
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They really need to change their SLAVE OWNER NAME.
According to the Tax Foundation, the following is a list of Tax Freedom Days in the U.S. since 1900:
| Year | TFD | Percentage tax burden |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | January 22 | 5.9% |
| 1910 | January 19 | 5.0% |
| 1920 | February 13 | 12.0% |
| 1930 | February 12 | 11.7% |
| 1940 | March 7 | 17.9% |
| 1950 | March 31 | 24.6% |
| 1960 | April 11 | 27.7% |
| 1970 | April 19 | 29.6% |
| 1980 | April 21 | 30.4% |
| 1990 | April 21 | 30.4% |
| 2000 | May 1 | 33.0% |
| 2001 | April 27 | 31.8% |
| 2002 | April 17 | 29.2% |
| 2003 | April 14 | 28.4% |
| 2004 | April 15 | 28.5% |
| 2005 | April 21 | 30.2% |
| 2006 | April 26 | 31.2% |
| 2007 | April 24 | 31.1% |
| 2008 | April 16 | 29.0% |
| 2009 | April 8 | 26.6% |
| 2010 | April 9 | 26.9% |
| 2011 | April 12 | 27.7% |
| 2012 | April 13 | 29.2% |
| 2013 | April 18 | 29.4% |
| 2014 | April 21 | 30.2% |
| 2015 | April 24 |
31%
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Oh, I think DFG was, but couldn’t tell what the point was.
Gorka seems to be their next target.
But I expect them to turn on Miller after that.
The NYT is clueless.
Sheesh Times, bi-polar much? He was just worse than Hitler and Trumps brain to you people.
Democrats nominated the least liked person in America, it's not rocket science.
There’s at least 20 freepers who believe that!
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