SIGNING BLIND - Report: Trump Not Briefed on Order That Gave Bannon NatSec Seat

[DonViejo]

President Donald Trump complained that he was not fully briefed before signing an executive order that gave chief political strategist Stephen Bannon a seat on the National Security Council, The New York Times reports. The executive order, which gave Bannon an unprecedented security role for a non-military adviser, was reportedly one of a series of orders crafted by Bannon and policy director Stephen Miller. Trump reportedly signed the order without fully understanding the power it would grant Bannon, and grew angry when he later learned the order’s full significance. Other White House staff, including Chief of Staff Reince Priebus have also reportedly expressed concern over what they viewed as a lack of checks on Bannon’s and Miller’s powers. Priebus has since drafted a 10-part checklist of steps and approvals an executive order must receive before it is signed into action, the Times reports. Bannon, the former head of alt-right website Breitbart, has been credited with some of the Trump administration’s most controversial moves, and reportedly told allies that he had a narrow time slot in which to push his own agenda in the White House before other advisers put a check on his influence.

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[Frogg]

1. HE'S ANGRY...I AM ANGRY THAT WE HAVE A LUNATIC POTUS SIGNING EXECUTIVE ORDERS

That he either cannot or does not read. Gross negligence...REPUBLTRAITORS THIS IS ON YOU1

[Baitball Blogger]

9. I am angered that A) He didn't know Bannon's personal agenda beforehand (allegedly), and

B) He's already blaming his staff for anything that comes off too controversial.

I mean, we definitely have film of him showing approval for the ban, don't we?

[dalton99a]

2. Quit whining and void it.

[Hekate]

3. We kinda knew DTs was signing EOs to look presidential, but this is the frosting on the cake

He really really thought being POTUS was just a matter of waving his tiny hand and signing proclamations while others worked out the details. Well, others have been working out the details all right, and it is now starting to bite him in the ass.

I read the NYT article in full, and it is both hair-raising and hilarious. Well, mostly scary. Am I a bad person for laughing out loud?

[Baitball Blogger]

11. It just goes to show you why they undervalued Obama's accomplishments.

They really think it's an easy CEO job.

[spanone]

4. what else has he signed?

[MineralMan]

5. Oh, wonderful. A POTUS who signs things he

hasn't read. How could that possibly go wrong?

Impeach him, Republicans. Just do it.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. "not fully briefed " meaning either he does not want briefs

or no one told him and he did not ASK.

Either way, his own fault.

I agree with those who say to make sure Twitler hears the phrase "Pres. Bannon" over and over.
His ego will take care of the rest.

[MineralMan]

10. He's Going "Commando"

[Baitball Blogger]

12. He is creating his own plausible deniability by refusing to be briefed.

But, Obama was a hard act to follow. No one should fall for Trump's silly CEO game. He really is running government like it was his own business.

[subterranean]

28. Based on reports from those who know him, Trump doesn't have the patience

to listen to briefings about anything for more than a few minutes -- unless, of course, the subject is himself and his greatness. His advisers know he likes to keep his briefings brief. I think Bannon took advantage of that fact to slip the NSC EO past him.

[Shanti Mama]

7. He is not capable of taking personal responsibility for anything

Yet criticized anyone who might struggle to lead a "perfect" life. Sad!

[BSdetect]

8. He's obviously not suited to government

We have an incompetent SCROTUS now lashing out at his own incompetent staff.

Hilarious yet not so much.

[Buns_of_Fire]

13. "I hereby resign the Presidency, effective immediately."

There y'go, Steveareeno. Slip THAT one in the stack!

[JTFrog]

14. He can't fricken read. He couldn't read a parapgraph in court, can barely read teleprompter.

When asked in court if he "reviewed a lot of leases" he replied "Review or sign? I don't spend time reviewing leases."

He will sign whatever Bannon tells him to sign because he can't understand whatever is out in from of him. He doesn't own books. He listens to sound bites from tv and news stations as he flips through tv channels with a five second attention span.

I imagine this is part of why he insisted not attending security briefings. He would be the stupidest person in the room and every one of them would know it.

[brer cat]

16. +1

I agree with all you said. I have also read that he frequently changes his mind based on the last person to talk with him. We have entered a realm never before seen and it is scary.

[CrispyQ]

15. Someone took one of his photo ops of one of his exec signings

& photoshopped it to include pages of Pokemon badges. Wish I'd saved it.

[bdamomma]

17. what will it take

for the arrest of this regime.

[Angry Dragon]

18. Idiots at work

[Leith]

19. Complaining That He Was Not Fully Briefed?!

Whose fault is that?

Instead of taking the person(s) who didn't brief him to task (Bannon, Priebus, et al), he tells the world?

He has nobody but himself to blame.

Oh, look! There's a video of the signing!

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

22. Perfect!

Mel was telling the future here.............

[First Speaker]

20. Robert A Heinlein once said that anybody could be President...

...some just look better on TV than others. Well, for once, Bob was wrong. *Not* anybody can be President...we've found the one person *so* stupid, *so* incompetent, that he breaks the mold...

[Solly Mack]

21. I want Bannon gone.

That said...

I don't want anyone thinking that without Bannon around, Trump would somehow be better, because he wouldn't.

I blame Bannon on Trump as much as I blame some of Trump's actions on Bannon. The two aren't that different from each other.

Someone whispering racism into your ear wouldn't appeal to you unless you agreed with the sentiments to begin with.

[IronLionZion]

23. Dipshit signs orders without knowing what it is?

Didn't even ask? Bannon just hands him stuff and he signs it like a dumbass

[jalan48]

24. Trump knew exactly what he was doing. He wants 100% allegiance in the NSC.

Bannon is there to let him know who's with Trump and who isn't. You control the secret government and you control the country.

[ck4829]

25. Wow...

The minority's vote continues to astound.

[lisa58]

26. That's one way of explaining it...

And very believable

[Beartracks]

27. Uh... Doesn't Bannon serve at the pleasure of the President?

He can be demoted or fired, can't he?

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