Bannon Vs. Goldman in Internal Healthcare Battle; Bannon privately wants to see the bill die

[AuH20]

Cohn vs. Bannon. It looks like Cohn is winning, unless the Freedom Caucus can rescue us.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer...care-bill.html

But privately he’s talked it down in recent days. According to a source close to the White House, Bannon said that he’s unhappy with the Ryan bill because it “doesn’t drive down costs” and was “written by the insurance industry.” While the bill strips away many of Obamacare’s provisions, it does not go as far as Bannon would wish to “deconstruct the administrative state” in the realm of health care. Furthermore, Bannon has been distancing himself from the bill to insulate himself from political fallout of it failing. He’s told people that Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn — a West Wing rival — has run point on it. (Bannon did not respond to a request for comment.)

[TheCount]

No sources fake news lying media.

Wasn't Bannon Trump's advisor during the period of his campaign when he was supporting better/more socialized healthcare?

[AuH20]

The Goldman insiders connected with Kushner are beating the populists (Bannon, Miller) in the the Trump Admin. He's going to be one term at the current rate because this infection will pervert and dilute every potential policy initiative.

[AuH20]

Get a charter plane and send Gary Cohn to a desert island in the South Pacific.

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/...n-donald-trump

[angelatc]

The Goldman insiders connected with Kushner are beating the populists (Bannon, Miller) in the the Trump Admin. He's going to be one term at the current rate because this infection will pervert and dilute every potential policy initiative.

Yep. If people wanted Ryancare we would have voted for Ryan and/or HRC.

[CPUd]

Trump to nominate Goldman Sachs' Donovan as deputy Treasury secretary

U.S. President Donald Trump will nominate Goldman Sachs (GS.N) banker James Donovan as deputy Treasury secretary, the White House said on Tuesday, adding another alumnus of the Wall Street investment bank to his administration.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and National Economic Council director Gary Cohn are also former Goldman executives who occupy senior economic posts within the administration.

Donovan's work at the bank as a managing director has included work on corporate strategy, investment banking and investment management, the White House said in a statement.

He is expected to work on the Trump administration's domestic policy agenda at Treasury.

The White House also named David Malpass, a former official in the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, as its nominee for Treasury undersecretary for international affairs, a key economic diplomacy post.

Malpass also served as a former economist at Wall Street bank Bear Stearns prior to its 2008 collapse and most recently served as an economic adviser to Trump's campaign.

The White House also named former national security and federal law enforcement official Sigal Mandelker to the Treasury's top sanctions post as undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.

A former law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Mandelker later held a series of criminal prosecution positions at the Department of Justice and advised the Secretary of Homeland Security during the George W. Bush administration.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...-idUSKBN16M00D

[AuH20]

[jllundqu]

No sources fake news lying media.

Wasn't Bannon Trump's advisor during the period of his campaign when he was supporting better/more socialized healthcare?

Can I just say.... I love your freaking quote section.... for posterity

[milgram]

Bannon might do a little more than privately gripe as Trump squanders all his political capital on Paul Ryan

[Ender]

Can I just say.... I love your freaking quote section.... for posterity

Someone else who gets @TheCount's freaking sarcasm- yea!

[dannno]

So Trump is going to get two birds stoned at once?!!

Wow.. Gary Cohn and Paul Ryan are about to hit the fan. Trump is a genius.

[AuH20]

So Trump is going to get two birds stoned at once?!!

Wow.. Gary Cohn and Paul Ryan are about to hit the fan. Trump is a genius.

Not so fast. Kushner/Ivanka hold a very strong gravitational pull on the WH. Until they are marginalized, I expect Trump to disappoint.

[AuH20]

Who do you think brought Cohn into the fold? It's Kushner. Until Kushner goes, expect more of the same, which is wholesale betrayal. Daddy needs to send Angelface and her jewish prince back to Manhattan.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer...eam-trump.html

Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, is particularly close with Cohn. One former Goldman executive told me that if Kushner can’t take a West Wing post for legal reasons, Cohn will be his proxy inside the administration. A Republican close to the transition even speculated that Cohn could be a potential chief of staff if Reince Priebus doesn’t work out.

But conservatives around Trump are skeptical of Cohn, who’s donated to both Republicans and Democrats. According to sources, Cohn has upset right-wing members of the White House economic team by attempting to block the appointment of CNBC commentator and avowed supply-sider Larry Kudlow to chair the Council of Economic Advisers, based on Cohn’s concerns that Kudlow is too ideological. The former executive said Cohn is “definitely not a conservative” and will enthusiastically embrace infrastructure and other government spending. Cohn did not respond to a request for comment.

Members of Trump’s team also worry that Cohn represents the politics and culture of the Davos set — the clique of global superrich and superelite who attend the annual Swiss conference — in contrast to the populist and nationalist values the president-elect preached on the campaign trail. Preventing Cohn from exerting too much influence on Trump seems to have become a goal for Bannon, says a source. “He’s a huge Democrat and knows zero about politics,” a person close to Bannon told me.

[Brian4Liberty]

The Goldman insiders connected with Kushner are beating the populists (Bannon, Miller) in the the Trump Admin. He's going to be one term at the current rate because this infection will pervert and dilute every potential policy initiative.

If Trump turns his back on the Bannon side, he really won't have any support. It's not like this is unexpected though. He'll be working with the Democrats before it's done, as I predicted in 2015...

[Zippyjuan]

Bannon is caught between trying to promote Trump's agenda and his desire to have Ryan removed from his Speaker position. Failure of the healthcare helps him with the Ryan goal while hurting his Trump goal.

[dannno]

Bannon is caught between trying to promote Trump's agenda and his desire to have Ryan removed from his Speaker position. Failure of the healthcare helps him with the Ryan goal while hurting his Trump goal.

Uh, no, everything is going according to plan. If Bannon had Trump opposing AHCA or Paul Ryan, Trump would be framed as dis-uniting the party and he would get all the heat for the bill's failure, which he knows is inevitable because he talks to Rand. By promoting it and promoting Paul Ryan, the failure of the bill falls squarely on Paul Ryan's shoulders, and both Trump and Bannon are one step closer to realizing their goals.