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 dont 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 whos 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
Javaman
(62,540 posts)it's has always has been a total clusterfuck, but now it's worse.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Dog whistle for all those Nazi GOPers out there...
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)Jewish people... Like "The Media" is also dog-whistle for Jewish people...
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)You are right - I meant it was a dog whistle intended for Nazi consumption, but you are correct - it's meant as an insult against Jews.
My apology for poorly wording my post!
not fooled
(5,807 posts)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.
FakeNoose
(32,917 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,414 posts)Please repost in GD or Editorials. Thanks.