Priebus-Bannon power struggle

Posted by | December 8, 2016 15:20 | Filed under: Politics

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New York Magazine reports that Reince Priebus advised Trump to get out of the race after the “Access Hollywood” tape went public.

Some Trump advisers are dismayed by Priebus’s influence because they question the Washington insider’s loyalty to the president-elect. Three sources told me that shortly after the Access Hollywood tape leaked in early October, Priebus went to Trump’s penthouse and advised the candidate to get out of the race. Priebus told Trump that if he didn’t, he “will go down with a worse election loss than Barry Goldwater’s,” a person briefed on the conversation said.

The Priebus–Bannon power struggle is playing out most prominently in Trump’s search for a secretary of State. According to sources, Bannon has advocated for naming Rudy Giuliani, while Priebus has made the case for a more moderate choice. When concerns were raised about Giuliani’s business conflicts hurting his chances to be confirmed by the Senate, Bannon lobbied Trump not to settle for Mitt Romney and to expand the search for new candidates to include ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, and Senator Bob Corker, a source close to Bannon told me.

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6 responses to Priebus-Bannon power struggle

  1. Guy Lauten December 8th, 2016 at 15:27

    “they question the Washington insider’s loyalty to the president-elect.”
    Yeah, because having a loyalty to something other than The Boor – something like The United States of America – that would be disqualifying, right?

  2. StoneyCurtisll December 8th, 2016 at 15:33

    I’m gonna guess that Bannon wants Richard Spence as Secretary of State…

  3. Suzanne McFly December 8th, 2016 at 15:40

    I believe this will make it so priebus will have to kiss rumps boots to make up for his failure to be his “ride or die”. Right now, rump owns priebus and he knows it.

  4. Lane Ranger December 8th, 2016 at 15:59

    Hopefully all his advisers will soon be issued knives! Large knives to be exact!

  5. amersham1046 December 8th, 2016 at 17:13

    Oh the knives are out, Trump should remember ‘Et tu Brutus’

  6. bpollen December 8th, 2016 at 22:33

    Maybe McMahon can set it up as a cage match and they can make a profit on the power struggle:

    The Battle of the BS! Bannon vs. Priebus – who will emerge victorious?
    Watch the WWE and find out!

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