UKC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38787241

President Donald Trump is reshuffling the US National Security Council (NSC), downgrading the military chiefs of staff and giving a regular seat to his chief strategist Steve Bannon.

Mr Bannon, formerly the head of the populist right-wing, Breitbart News website, will join high-level discussions about national security.

Shakes head in disbelief .
So now "alternative facts" are going to be shaping national security policy in America

In reply to Chive Talkin\':
That you have only just noticed this, suggest the "muslim ban" did its jobs of deflecting attention from more serious matters.

And regarding the madness ending - we have at least another 4 years...

In reply to MG:


The story only got reported yesterday ? So I'm not sure about your only just noticed statement.
And to be fair I couldn't find the story on sky news at all this morning.

In reply to Chive Talkin\':

Sorry, not you so much as "us". I think the muslim ban is an intentional distraction.

In reply to MG:

I wouldn't credit them with that much intelligence or cunning. I may be wrong though.

In reply to Chive Talkin\':

Bannon's a scary and dangerous man.

It'll be Milo Yiannopoulos appointed to the equality commission next.

In reply to Rob Exile Ward:


I dunno, while Trump himself might outward seem like a self-aggrandising populist, I get the impression that those in the background are very intelligent and manipulative operators, albeit ones who wish to conceal their aims.

This is an interesting read, for example.
http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/read/big-data-cambridge-analytica-brexit-...

In reply to Chive Talkin\':






WOMD?