Love of nation or love of self?







TEAM TRUMP




JOHN F. KELLY
Chief of Staff







"Many in the White House say they appreciate the disciplined structure Kelly has implemented, but it has left Trump without the free-flowing conversations with staff and outsiders that he had come to relish." [Axios AM, October 10, 2017]


H.R. MCMASTER
Head of the National Security Council





"McMaster: 'We have devolved responsibility back to the departments,'" by Bryan Bender: "National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster [on Tuesday] said he is steadily seeking to return more power to the Pentagon, State Department and other Cabinet agencies after what he characterized as a misuse of the National Security Council in recent years. McMaster, at an appearance at the Center for Strategic and International Studies marking the 70th anniversary of the NSC, said he believes too much operational authority was centralized in the White House body - originally designed as the president's principal forum for addressing security and foreign policy matters but not to carry out policy. 'It did cross a line,' the three-star Army general said, 'into an execution arm of the government.'" [POLITICO Playbook, October 11, 2017]


STEPHEN MILLER
Policy Aide







News broke today that Trump aide and vocal white supremacist Stephen Miller is threatening to torpedo a Clean Dream Act with racist and cruel policy add-ons.
Tens of thousands of DACA recipients are now at risk of deportation because of Trump's actions ending DACA. And now Miller and Trump are threatening to derail the passage of the Dream Act altogether. That's why we had a massive day of action yesterday to demand immediate passage of a Clean Dream Act. Hundreds of immigrant youth showed up in Washington to join this fight, and thousands of you jammed the phone lines of Congress on the very same day that the Trump administration shut the door on any new DACA renewals. [Adrian Reyna, United We Dream, October 6, 2017]



DINA POWELL
National Security Council 

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's situation is untenable: We hear he's likely to leave by the New Year. Many insiders think U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley will replace him. Then Deputy National Security Adviser Dina Powell may take Haley's job in New York. [Axios Future Trends, October 9, 2017]


GARY COHN
Top Economic Adviser



Watch for Gary Cohn to bolt after tax reform, which we think slips into Q1 of 2018. [Axios Future Trend, October 9, 2017]


JULIA HAHN 
Special Assistant to the President



SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS
White House Press Secretary






FOR YOUR RADAR: "Hundreds" of truck drivers will be in Harrisburg, Pa., for President Donald Trump's speech today on overhauling the tax code. "They keep our economy moving - literally," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters during Tuesday's briefing. "And they are excited about the president's tax reform plan, which will create more jobs and empower workers and families to keep more of their hard-earned money." [POLITICO's Morning Transportation, October 11, 2017]



KELLYANNE CONWAY
White House Aide





TRUMP-RUSSIA PROBE









TRUMP'S GANG



MICHAEL COHEN




PAUL MANAFORT





ROGER STONE

Trump ally Roger Stone on calls for the president’s impeachment: “Try to impeach him. Just try it. You will have a spasm of violence – an insurrection – in this country like you have never seen before... Both sides are heavily armed, my friend." When asked if he thought Trump’s removal from office could cause a civil war, Stone replied, "Yes, that is what I think will happen."

“Most members of Congress are arrogant, and until a scalp is actually taken they are going to continue to be defiant,” longtime Trump friend Roger Stone told The Hill. “All he needs to do is punish one incumbent and I think you’d see a sea-change.”


MICHAEL FLYNN



MICHAEL FLYNN, JR.



CARTER PAGE





PETTIFOGGING MOUTHPIECES






NOTE: The news sources here vary.  Not all sources have the same credibility, but in an effort to share some different perspectives, they are included here.  This compendium itself cannot claim to be unbiased.  Please take into consideration where these different perspectives originate in assessing their value.  Thank you

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