'I don't need Steve Bannon's permission to do my job'
Morning Joe 1/27/17
'I don't need Steve Bannon's permission to do my job'
The Washington Post's Eugene Robinson discusses Stephen Bannon's remarks about the press as provocation and why he doesn't need permission from Bannon to do his job. Duration: 6:37
We ignore Trump at our peril
By Eugene Robinson Opinion writer January 26 at 7:18 PM
Where to begin? That’s the daily question for anyone trying to follow the words and deeds of the new administration, which is like drinking from two fire hoses — one gushing policy, the other spewing insanity.
Neither stream can be ignored. I wish I could agree with those who say we should pay little attention to President Trump’s verbal eruptions and focus only on concrete actions, but I can’t. It matters that the most powerful man in the world insists on “facts” that are nothing but self-aggrandizing fantasy. It matters that the president of the United States seems incapable of publicly admitting any error. It matters that Trump’s need for adulation appears to be insatiable.
The president’s most acute obsession is with the false notion that he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton only because of widespread election fraud committed by “millions” of people.
READ MORE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we...
'I don't need Steve Bannon's permission to do my job'
The Washington Post's Eugene Robinson discusses Stephen Bannon's remarks about the press as provocation and why he doesn't need permission from Bannon to do his job. Duration: 6:37
We ignore Trump at our peril
By Eugene Robinson Opinion writer January 26 at 7:18 PM
Where to begin? That’s the daily question for anyone trying to follow the words and deeds of the new administration, which is like drinking from two fire hoses — one gushing policy, the other spewing insanity.
Neither stream can be ignored. I wish I could agree with those who say we should pay little attention to President Trump’s verbal eruptions and focus only on concrete actions, but I can’t. It matters that the most powerful man in the world insists on “facts” that are nothing but self-aggrandizing fantasy. It matters that the president of the United States seems incapable of publicly admitting any error. It matters that Trump’s need for adulation appears to be insatiable.
The president’s most acute obsession is with the false notion that he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton only because of widespread election fraud committed by “millions” of people.
READ MORE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we...
Amen!