Washington – Trump Taps RNC’s Reince Priebus As White House Chief Of Staff; Bannon As Senior Counselor

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    U.S. President-elect Donald Trump holds arms with Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus (R) while speaking at his election night rally in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 9, 2016.  REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Washington – President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday chose Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, the favorite of the party’s establishment and a low-key Washington insider, to serve in the influential position of White House chief of staff.

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    The choice of Priebus, a loyal campaign ally to Trump who has close ties with House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, signaled a willingness to work with Ryan and the Republican-led Congress to get his agenda passed.

    The other front-runner for the job had been Stephen Bannon, Trump’s campaign chairman and former head of the conservative Breitbart News. Trump named Bannon as his chief strategist and senior counselor.

    “I am thrilled to have my very successful team continue with me in leading our country,” Trump said in a statement. “Steve and Reince are highly qualified leaders who worked well together on our campaign and led us to a historic victory. Now I will have them both with me in the White House.”

    Trump, who will take office on Jan. 20 and will succeed Democratic President Barack Obama, has been working on his transition to the White House since Tuesday’s election win over Democrat Hillary Clinton and contemplating the candidates for top jobs in his administration.
    Campaign CEO Stephen Bannon departs the offices of Republican president-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York, New York, U.S. November 11, 2016.   REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
    The chief of staff position, which serves as a gatekeeper and agenda-setter for the president, is typically one of the most important early choices for an incoming president.

    The choice of Priebus as chief of staff could anger some Trump supporters counting on him, as he said during the campaign, to “drain the swamp” of business-as-usual Washington insiders.

    Trump and his advisers already have signaled he may hedge on some of his major campaign promises, including on immigration, healthcare and appointing a special prosecutor to investigate Clinton.


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    enlightened-yid
    enlightened-yid
    7 years ago

    For the Jews who enthusiastically voted for Trump should feel very happy that Trump selected Bannon as his chief strategist.

    Bannon is an openly white supremacist/KKK that re-branded itself as the “alt-right” movement. When Bannon took over Brietbart News, Ben Shapiro resigned in anger because of Bannon’s antisemitism. Do you think people like Bannon will accept you as “white” so you have nothing to fear?
    Don’t rely Ivanka and Kuchner’s flavor of Judaism is going to protect you. Jewish elites are never affected by the things you will be.