The trick to persuading Trump? Flattery, proximity and snappy pitches
Fully repeal the “disaster” Affordable Care Act? After meeting with President Obama, Donald Trump said maybe he’ll keep some of it.
Revive waterboarding of terrorism suspects? Eh, maybe the promise of cigarettes and beer will work even better, the president-elect said after talking with a retired general.
Treat climate change like a “hoax”? Well, maybe humans are doing some things wrong, Trump conceded after a New York Times columnist laid out a case.
Since winning the election, Trump has made clear that even his firmest positions are open to change and that he can be easily persuaded by the well-known figures now clamoring to give him advice. The president-elect tends to echo the last person he spoke with — or the last thing he saw on TV — making direct access to him all the more valuable, especially as he selects members of his administration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-trick-to-persuading-trump-flattery-proximity-and-snappy-pitches/2016/12/01/105bdb6a-b650-11e6-a677-b608fbb3aaf6_story.html?utm_term=.927c4f7cfb19&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1#comments
Basically that's how Bannon got the position he's in. I'm sure Putin is licking his chops in anticipation of manipulating this patsy.