Friday, January 5, 2018

Et tu, Hannity?

Wolff's book publishes today. We should be getting lots of excerpts reported. Hopefully enough to satisfy me without having to read it myself.
Wolff’s access to Trump and his inner circle is evident. At the outset, Wolff writes of how he sat down with Trump in his Beverly Hills home, while Kushner and Trump aides Hope Hicks and Corey Lewandowski milled about. Likewise, the quotes obviously bespeak knowledge and close proximity.

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As to be expected, Bannon takes no prisoners and speaks with the loudest voice.

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Bannon also sees special counsel Robert Mueller tightening his noose around the Oval Office. “I’m pretty good at coming up with solutions,” Wolff quotes Bannon as saying. “I came up with a solution for his broken-dick campaign in a day, but I don’t see this. I don’t see a plan for getting through.”

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Sean Hannity, Trump’s staunchest ally on television, is audibly disturbed by Trump’s failure to offer condolences to the widow of Roger Ailes, Hannity’s former boss at Fox News. Hannity is caught saying: “What the fuck is wrong with him?”

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Among Fire and Fury’s shortcomings are its failure to adequately explain how Trump arrived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and its insufficient appreciation for the bond forged by Trump and his base.

  Guardian
That wasn't the intent of the book, though, was it? It's obviously not what Wolff was writing about.
In addition to being pummeled by the president, Bannon has reportedly been abandoned by the Mercer Family, his benefactors. Adding insult to injury, Michael Grimm, an ex-congressman convicted of tax evasion, disavowed Bannon’s support for his comeback.
Oh, wow. A convicted politician doesn't want to be associated with Bannon. Bannon is heart-broken, I'm sure.



I wouldn't be a bit surprised.  And maybe, since Breitbart's backers seem to be distancing themselves, he'll just start up a podcast or fire up his sleeping Twitter account.

 ...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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