“Like [Andrew] Jackson’s populism," ?! Bannon seems to forget Jackson's genocide inflicted on the Native American population. Stop normalizing this guy.

He is the new norm. Get used to it snowflake.

W.C. needs to get a makeover!

Not Fascist takeover though.

more like a diaper

Did Bannon mention the fact that the man who became president after Jackson had a major economic depression to deal with?

Yes, Jackson left his economic failure in Van Buren's lap. Fact.

That said, I support all the picks made today. This is not a dress rehearsal. Trump needs to get some real economists on board.

National security first. He'll deal with the economist later; after all that's his strong suit.

How do you know? Running a campaign is totally different than govering a country. That's why Dfrump looked like he had messed on himself after meeting with POTUS. Hold your horses Pronto!

O'bama dumped on this country for 8 years. thank GOD we have someone that can clean up his mess.

No kidding! Now we have the adults in charge.

Circuses, too.

Don't forget the bread!

Wow...how incredibly insightful and thought provoking!

/sarc off//

You do know how Trump cleans up his messes - and there have been plenty, right? Bankruptcy. He fails and other people pay including banks and subcontractors. You do know about how many of his casinos are still operating and the disasters of Trump Airline, Trump University, Trump steaks, Trump made-in-China clothes, etc. To actually look at his past record and suggest he is a bright, successful business person suggest you may also have been conned.

Well now he has access to the federal money. He can just print more money like Obama has done for 8 years.

That was done only after Republicans crashed the world economy!

another LOL!

you liberals are breathlessly uniformed
no wonder you lost

That old whine.

Did you forget about the electoral college- already??

Your inability to spot a con man is breathtaking.

Try again.

You mean the Democrats crashed the US economy in 2007. They held control of Congress from 2006 to 2008 and guess who creates the budget? Congress.

There is also the little matter of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) which encouraged bad lending to people who couldn't afford it. Banks have specific reasons for not loaning money to people who can't afford to pay it back. Democrats told the banks to loan them money anyways. CRA was a product of the Clinton Years.

Did a little deeper than that. The problem was deregulation and it started earlier. The banks all knew the loans were junk but the system rewarded them for giving them.

Yep, $25 million settlement for FRAUD on Friday. That's how Trump works. I wonder if he's in debt to the Russians and that's why they are being so chummy? Only time and Congressional oversight will tell.

Keep thinking your happy thoughts.

You think Obama doubling the 10 trillion debt is not bankrupting the country? Do you think billionaires don't have failures too, in addition to their many successes? Come out from under that there rock there fella!

Some of his successes are now text book cases for saving / running business. You can't be successful without some failures along the way.

Better find me that text book because his Casino flops in Atlantic City are classic cases of lousy business decisions. Just as an example.

Right - the man is worth billions but he's a failure. What do you do? Not much I gather, b/c if you were successful at anything you'd know that failure is nothing more than a lesson. You do not become wealthy or successful in you are risk adverse. BTW - his steaks, water, magazine - are in house offerings at his clubs. The other ventures were at the mercy of their industry/business climate. So spare us your entrepreneurial ignorance. Take a business course. You support a man who should have taken an American history class - 57 states he visited? Mispronounces "corpse"? (All courtesy of liberal education.)

You know what is interesting about the contributions to these discussions is that we really do not know who we are responding to except by the quality and tone of the comments, do we. I actually am a seasoned and successful entrepreneur who is full aware of the concepts of risk and risk aversion and the fact that we all operate in the same industry/business climate. We don't all run around slapping our name on anything and everything we are associated with a shout that it is tremendous!! When we fail, we admit failure and don't try to pin the blame on others and we actually try to take care of out employees and contractors rather than stiffing them to line our own pockets. Donald is a con man, pure and simple both in business and in politics. And, by the way, entrepreneurs are those who actually innovate, who bring new ideas to market, who make the world a better place. They are not hustlers who build casinos or hotels or golf courses. Those are "developers" who use other people's money and labor and pay them back unless their effort fails - and then they declare bankruptcy again stiffing everyone but themselves.

515 Active subsidiaries now operating under Trump Enterprises.... and a handful of bankruptcies: legal, necessary and largely a function of the collapse of Atlantic City.
(Every major casino went broke there).

But as this article says, he beat HRC soundly- with less money and fewer people by far- under the rules of the game.

So call him a failure if you like, but take a look at the scoreboard.
He's rolling.

"Winning is everything!" appears to be your and Donald's mantra. And of you can always explain failure away as some kind of win all the better. Trump only knows how to win in the moment - collateral damage and future consuences be damned. He is a master at gaming the system - and this time he gamed a political and media system that is all about drama, personalities, and headlines as well as society that has turned its nose at education. Good for Trump in the short term - disastrous for the country to be ruled by a narcissist.

Pretty fair to say anyone who signs up to run the free world has a big ego. The outgoing POTUS is included, and the defeated candidate also meets your criteria for self-importance. So we can agree to that.

My point in commenting is to point out that DJT has enjoyed a high % of business success- and is just as importantly not afraid to "go for it" and fail. The wealth and income he enjoys he could simply have saved or spent... but he chose to try different sectors than those that generate his wealth. Food products, beverages, transportation, even board games.

He's not an honorable person. But he has just proven to the world that he is not the buffoon many of his opponents (and me) thought he was.
His political victory may just be the best thing that ever happened to our stale two-party system-- and its lazy, detached leadership.
He has just rung the alarm bell.

Being the President of the United States is nothing like being an aggressive risk-taker in the private sector where "going for it" and failing only affects yourself. Such reckless behavior as President puts all of us at risk and in no small ways. This is not a frigging game and he is a buffoon whose narcissism is out of control and he is preying on the most vulnerable of us to build customers for his "brand" while casually ignoring the monumental tasks this nation and the world face today.

Trump doesn't have a clue boo! He looks like a deer who stepped in front of headlights! Obama cleaned up Republicans mess 8 years ago and saved this country's economy! Face it, your issue was America electing its first president. Proudly that doesn't wash off or clean up...

Um, no. The Clinton mortgage banking law, the CRA, exploded.

If he had "cleaned up the economy" Clinton would have won. Congratulations for not hitting your copy and paste function " racist and less educated" or some derivative like everyone else.

2nd time they have done it. remember reagan -his 8o's market crash followed by recession. and his tripling of the debt.

Fake news and voter suppression

yes, HRC did suppress her own turnout.

Obama was a junior senator that spoke well - he knew the law and that was about it. Now that was a deer in the headlights.

Yes, we're now 20 trillion in debt. Thank you.

2% growth and 10 trillion in new debt ain't "saving", bro.
Just sayin'

Obama's hands are those of delicate wisp.

Are you calling Bathhouse Barry "masculine?" He is quite effeminate, and did you see him throwing a baseball like a 7-year-old girl? It bounced to the amused catcher. Another time the catcher had to lunge away from the plate. Meanwhile, George Bush always through a strike.

really? this is an important comment?

Really? You comment on a retort to someone whose nasty statement was deleted last year? Do you always whistle in the dark? My comment was truthful and appropriate for "Guest."

Seriously? Is that what you would say to our outgoing President if you met him? I'm sure he would find that extremely offensive.