Priebus, Bannon, Spicer Could Be Fired

(ZHE) In a report by Axios this morning, citing White House sources, President Trump is reportedly considering a “huge reboot” of his core staff and cabinet members that could lead to the termination of everyone from Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Steve Bannon, to counsel Don McGahn and press secretary Sean Spicer: “He’s frustrated, and angry at everyone.”

According to Axios, the conversations intensified this week as the fallout from the Comey firing “pushed the White House from chaos into crisis” and notes that Trump’s friends are telling him that many of his top aides don’t know how to work with him, pointing out that “his approval ratings aren’t rising, but the leaks are.” As a result the advice he’s getting is to “go big — that he has nothing to lose,” the confidant said. “The question now is how big and how bold. I’m not sure he knows the answer to that yet.”

Additionally, Trump reportedly feels he has been “ill-served” by several of his Cabinet officials.

Trump has two complaints about Cabinet members: Either they’re tooting their own horns too much, or they’re insufficiently effusive in praising him as a brilliant diplomat, etc. Among the cross-currents:

Under threat are some of his key economic and domestic policy advisors, including:

• Wilbur Ross took what was perceived as a victory lap on a China trade announcement that does little new in actuality.


• Attorney General Jeff Sessions made a big announcement about increasing prison sentences, at the same time that Jared is working on criminal-justice reform.


• HHS Secretary Tom Price shares the blame for the glacial pace of health-care legislation.

Axios notes three caveats:

• i) no Cabinet member is expected to “go this soon”, even though a West Wing shuffle looks likely. “One obstacle to recruiting new top aides is finding people who would have real clout with a president not prone to enforced order”;


• ii) it could be just Trump venting: “Trump often talks about firing people when things go south and does not follow through on it. So it’s possible these conversations are his way of venting, and seeking reassurance”


• iii) any internal moves could take a while: “Trump heads out on his first international trip at the end of the week. Also, there’s an internal argument for minimizing drama by cutting people out of the information flow rather than firing them.”

In all, it appears that virtually everyone is in danger of losing their jobs, except for the core cadre of ex-Goldman advisors who have now effectively taken over Trump’s “circle of trust.” One other official winning Trump’s approval is Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who will be on “Meet The Press” this morning defending his boss.

While a major cabinet shakeup is possible, another major problem emerges, however: if Trump does purge Priebus and Bannon, gutting the core of his inner circle, what would be left is “a straight line of mid-30s family members with scant governing experience: Jared and Ivanka. So while the fighting and leaking might ease, the problems may not because it’s the president, not the staff, calling the shots.”

In other words, Trump may unleash a firing spree, and shift the blame for the fallout from last week’s turbulent events to his top advisors, but once the internal purge is complete, it will be only Trump – and his immedite family members – left to take the blame… and there are still 3 years and 8 months left.

By Tyler Durden / Republished with permission / Zero Hedge / Report a typo

Report: Trump Mulling Spicer Replacement After Press Secretary Fumbles Comey Announcement

National political reporter for Axios, Jonathan Swan, reports that President Trump has been discussing a replacement for Sean Spicer after the White House Press Secretary appeared to have fumbled yesterday"s announcement concerning the dismissal of FBI Director James Comey.

I can independently confirm reporting that President Trump has been sounding people out about removing Sean Spicer as Press Secretary. 1/2

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) May 11, 2017

The President feels his press team poorly served him yesterday. He believes it was incompetence on their part, not lack of time. 2/2

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) May 11, 2017

As Newsweek and the Washington Post tell it, Spicer had planned to email a statement announcing Comey"s termination Tuesday afternoon - however he was apparently having technical difficulties. Unable to send the announcement, Spicer stood in the doorway of the press office around 5:40 p.m. and ended up "shouting a statement to reporters who happened to be nearby."

At 5:41 or so, reporters began to tweet the news - and nine minutes later at 5:50 pm EST, Spicer issued a tweet with the announcement:

Statement from @WhiteHouse @PressSec on @FBI Director pic.twitter.com/EdBRntMim5

— Sean Spicer (@PressSec) May 9, 2017

Then, Spicer stepped outside

After a brief interview with Fox"s Lou Dobbs, Spicer apparently stepped over to some bushes and ordered reporters to turn their lights off - allegedly refusing to be filmed and "hiding in among the bushes."

“Just turn the lights off. Turn the lights off,” he ordered. “We"ll take care of this. ... Can you just turn that light off?”

WH Press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks to reporters about the firing of FBI Director Comey as he walks into the West Wing. #FBIDirector pic.twitter.com/c2SNG63lIr

— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) May 10, 2017

(A correction from WaPo on Spicer"s spatial relationship to the bushes)

For about 10 minutes, Spicer answered questions surrounding Comey"s firing - repeatedly circling back to the fact that Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein had made the assessment and recommendation to fire Comey in light of how he handled the Clinton email investigation during the 2016 election.

Spicer then thanked reporters for their time and reentered the White House.

Spicer"s gettin" dissed on Twitter

Now that blood is in the water, Spicer"s detractors are piling on...

@jbillinson #Spicer officially "Homered" it. pic.twitter.com/D22mCaBAaw

— Rachel Thompson (@RachelintheOC) May 11, 2017

Meanwhile, back in the rose garden...#PressBriefing#Spicer pic.twitter.com/G6ZhJy0R1Q

— T.R. Morley (@TheRealMorley) May 10, 2017

Out the rest of the week

Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders filled in for Spicer today - and is expected to address journalists throughout the rest of the week.

Is this the end of the road for Sean Spicer? Will the Spice stop flowing? Or is all of this simply WaPo and Newsweek piling on a Press Secretary caught flat footed by a President who stayed mum on Comey"s firing until the last minute in an effort flush out leakers?

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While Apologizing For Hitler Fiasco, Spicer Says Trump Trying To "Destabilize" Middle East

In what may have been the worst day in Sean Spicer"s life, the White House press secretary first drew a storm of criticism and ridicule Tuesday after butchering Godwin"s law, when trying to compare Syria president Bashar al-Assad to Adolf Hitler by saying that even the Nazi leader didn’t “sink to using chemical weapons.”

“We didn’t use chemical weapons in WWII. We had someone as despicable as Hitler who didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons,” Spicer said. Later when given the chance to elaborate he only made it worse: "I think when you come to sarin gas, there was no - he was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing,” Spicer said. When reporters interrupted to note the millions of deaths in concentration camps, the response made even less sense: "there was not in the - he brought them into the Holocaust centers and I understand that," he said.

Spicer"s bizarre attempt to make Assad appear worse than Hitler promptly drew demands for Spicer"s resignation from the likes of Nancy Pelosi, the Anne Frank center and various Jewsish groups.

That in turn prompted Spicer to appear on CNN to apologize for his earlier comments, when in yet another stunning implosion, he only made things worse by saying, or rather admitting, that President Trump is trying to "destabilize" the Middle East. Specifically, when speaking to Wolf Blitzer, Spicer said that he did not want his comments on Hitler to distract from Trump"s attempts "to destabilize the region."

"I came out to make sure we stay focused on what the president is doing and his decisive action. I needed to make sure that I clarified, and not was in any shape or form any more of a distraction from the president"s decisive action in Syria and the attempts that he is making to destabilize the region and root out ISIS out of Syria," Spicer said. 

Wow: While apologizing for Hitler gaffe, Spicer literally says he doesn"t want to distract from Trump"s attempts "to destabilize the region" pic.twitter.com/jlCwC93Wn4

— Tommy Christopher (@tommyxtopher) April 11, 2017

While Spicer later corrected himself for this dramatic Freudian slip, according to The Hill others reported that this was the second time Spicer has said "destabilize" in recent remarks on the region.  During Monday"s press briefing, he said one of the goals of U.S. policy there is "to make sure we destabilize Syria — destabilize the conflict there, reduce the threat of ISIS."

Wow @seanspicer said they wanted to "destabilize Syria" TWICE at yesterday"s news briefing! I posted on it but assumed it was a slip. Yikes! https://t.co/rgRZQkh4cZ

— Peter Eyre (@1stungun) April 11, 2017

This was not the first instance where Sean Spicer stated that #UnitedStates goal is to destabilize #Syria and region. First one below. pic.twitter.com/lX8CRin8MJ

— Aldin ???????? (@CT_operative) April 11, 2017

White House spokesman now repeatedly states the Trump administration"s goal is to "destabilize Syria" and "destabilize the region" https://t.co/vodKQWETEX

— Alex Leff (@alexleff) April 11, 2017

We eagerly await Spicer"s explanation for the upcoming mushroom clouds over Pyongyang.

Sean Spicer exposes Hillary Clinton for selling off one-fifth of U.S. uranium to the Russians

(INTELLIHUB) — White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer took Trump administration critics to task Monday, noting that they continue to push the discredited claim that Trump worked with the Russians while totally ignoring the clear connections between Clinton and Russian based companies.

Spicer first noted that the DNC had denied FBI requests to look into the hacked emails released by Wikileaks, a fact that makes zero sense if you believe the rhetoric coming from the mainstream media that claims Democrats are truly worried about Russian involvement in the election.

“From everything that has been publicly available, on several occasions, the DNC was asked by the FBI to alleviate all their concerns about leaking yet that question still hasn’t come out,” Spicer revealed.

“Why would the DNC on multiple occasions rebuff the FBI if they were so concerned with leaks and hacking, why did they not allow the FBI to come look?” he continued.

“They’re very clear about all the concerns they have along with the leadership of the Democratic party, and yet when it came to hacks and leaks out of the DNC they’re quick to jump to the conclusion about who did it, yet they wouldn’t allow the FBI to investigate.”

Spicer then got to the real argument when it comes to the whole Russian narrative which is the documented fact that Hillary Clinton herself has a long history of involvement with the Russian government, information that has been purposefully ignored by the establishment press.

“When you look at the Obama administration and the Clintons involvement with Russia, in terms of donations they received from Russian entities yet where was the concern for that?” Spicer stated before saying, “What are we doing to look into that?”

“It was the Obama administration in 2009 that talked about a reset with Russia and a desire to reset relationships,” he continued. “It was Hillary Clinton who signed off on a deal that gave a Russian company one-fifth the U.S.’ uranium supply, where is the concern on the Hillary Clinton thing?”

Remember, the establishment press has done everything in their power to ignore clear cut Hillary Clinton Russian connections while at the same time continually publishing deep state propaganda aimed at taking out the Trump presidency.

Its about time Spicer went on the offensive.

On top of selling off one-fifth of our uranium supply to the Russians, the deal also may have included areas in and around the Hammond family ranch which became famous after patriots took over the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Oregon to protest the tyranny inflicted on the family.

Related: Clinton Foundation took massive payoffs, promised Hammond Ranch and other publicly owned lands to Russians along with one-fifth of our uranium ore

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Apple Store Troll Attacks Sean Spicer: "ARE YOU A CRIMINAL AS WELL?"

A young girl named Shree chimped out on the White House Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, the other day for merely existing. Lacking all of the basic rules of decorum set forth by thousands of years of evolution, this young lady tossed barbarous questions at dear, sweet, Sean -- asking him how it felt to work for a treasonous Russian racist fascist bastard, replete with orange tones and idiotic red hats.

It wasn"t long before Sean tucked tail and ran out of the store -- likely to cower underneath his silk sheets for having met face to face with such primordial barbarity.

BEHOLD THE Troglodyte!

Shree penned an explanation of sorts for her trespasses -- accusing Mr. Spicer of threatening her with his racist ways.

“Such a great country that allows you to be here.”

Indeud.

 “Have you helped with the Russia stuff?” “Have you committed treason, too?” “You know you work for a fascist, right?” And, “Do you feel good about lying to the American people.”

America! Enjoy.
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White House Spokesman Slams Media Over "Crowd Size Comparisons" In Bizarre First Briefing

In a bizarre first briefing, White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Saturday unloaded a blistering attack on the media and accused it of false reporting about the otherwise irrelevant question of why Trump"s inauguration crowd was visibly smaller than that of Obama"s.

Spicer used up virtually all the time in his first official appearance in the Press Briefing Room to denounce news organizations’ focus on the inaugural crowd size, saying “these attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong."

We wouldn"t necessarily use those words: silly should suffice since if Trump really wanted to "defend" why fewer people attended his inauguration, he can simply say many more of his supporters are employed and had to be at work on Friday, than during either Obama"s 2009 or 2013 inauguration events.

However, the press secretary decided that hyperbole is the better part of valor and said "This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the world”

Spicer made the allegation despite photographs of the event clearly showed that the Mall was not full in the sections Spicer described, with dwindling-to-nonexistent crowds near the Smithsonian Institution Building and west toward the Washington Monument. There was also sparse attendance along the parade route from the Capitol to the White House. He alleged that some photos of the inauguration were “intentionally framed in a way” that minimized the crowd, without providing examples or evidence.

No official agency provides estimates of the size of gatherings on the Mall. But photos taken from the same vantage point at about the same time of day show that the crowds were far smaller than for President Barack Obama’s first inauguration, which Washington city officials estimated at 1.8 million people.

CNN airs this comparison graphic after Trump @PressSec claimed “This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period.” pic.twitter.com/m7nJKof4CT

— Jon Passantino (@passantino) January 21, 2017

From same @PressSec stmt:

1:36 in: “No one had numbers.”

2:25 in: “This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period.

— Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) January 21, 2017

Ultimately, the whole press briefing episode had a surreal undertone, one in which Trump, via his speaker, appears to continue to troll the press, now in the White House.

As a seemingly perturbed NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen summarized it "Wow. Sean Spicer walked to the podium. Unloaded on the media for bias. Accused reporters of dishonesty. Walked off without taking questions."

Wow. Sean Spicer walked to the podium. Unloaded on the media for bias. Accused reporters of dishonesty. Walked off without taking questions.

— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) January 21, 2017

The reaction among the rest of the press was similar.

Spicer took no questions from reporters and he did not say specifically how many people the White House believes attended the inauguration. He said three large sections of the Mall that each held at least 200,000 people were “full when the president took the oath of office.”

Earlier on Saturday, in remarks at CIA headquarters in Langley, Trump said that from his vantage point at the podium, “it looked like a million, million and a half people. They showed a field where there were practically nobody standing there, and they said Donald Trump did not draw well.” Trump also said parts of the National Mall “all the way back to the Washington Monument” were "packed."

Quoted by Bloomberg, former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said on Twitter after Spicer’s remarks that "This is called a statement you’re told to make by the president. And you know the president is watching."

He is indeed, and what he is seeing is that he once again is controlling the media narrative, which is focusing on a very immaterial and arbitrary issue, instead of spending time on investigative work and reporting on far more serious issues relating to Trump"s new administration.

Full clip below.

WATCH unbelievable WH briefing:@seanspicer: "We"re going to hold the press accountable."pic.twitter.com/7BeGvNIB7L

— Rob S??Silver Surfer (@RobPulseNews) January 21, 2017