The Bannon Factor: Trumps Tax Plan Just Got More Complicated
Source: NBC News
WASHINGTON — The Big Six tax reform group has been meeting for months, but Tuesday's scheduled talk with the president at the White House is intended to put the focus back on a crucial Republican priority as Congress returns after its August break.
Just don’t expect what comes out of the gathering of those key players — Speaker Paul Ryan, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Sen. Orrin Hatch, along with White House advisers Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Gary Cohn — to be revelatory from a policy standpoint.
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A possible monkey wrench: Steve Bannon and the Breitbart base. Multiple sources familiar with the Bannon/Breitbart strategy say they're gearing up for the long-expected battle against those who they deride as the "globalists" in the West Wing — and that the decision has been made to go after "one globalist at a time."
First on the list? Gary Cohn.
And who’s key on the tax reform push? Gary Cohn.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/bannon-factor-trump-s-tax-plan-just-got-more-complicated-n798626
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watching the two sides of MFers going at it will be some consolation for the fact that it's a bunch of financial predators vs. a bunch of white supremacists. May they destroy each other.
