Trump named Reince Priebus as his Chief of Staff and Steve Bannon as his Chief Strategist.
Priebus seems like an uncontroversial, safe pick and I have nothing to say about it.
Bannon, on the other hand, has made the left lose their minds, since he’s the man behind Breitbart “News.” They call him a racist, anti-Semite, a “white nationalist” (whatever that is–I guess it’s a new political code phrase I need to learn). Twitter is urging people to call their representatives and tell them to oppose Bannon, providing scripts and everything.
If anyone of you are having trouble thinking of what to say re: Ba*non, here's a quick script for you. pic.twitter.com/wjHgW6mCIU
— Celeste P. (@Celeste_pewter) November 14, 2016
I don’t know anything about Bannon, except he looks a bit like an alcoholic*.
My sense is that Priebus will be Trump’s liaison with the Washington insiders, while Bannon will be Trump’s liaison with the people who elected him. Bannon will probably try to keep Trump in a position to be re-elected in four years. That’s just a guess, though.
Incidentally, Obama’s pick for Chief of Staff–Rahm Emanuel–was pretty controversial at the time, too, if anyone remembers.
* I know Trump’s folks are a litigious bunch, so let me clarify that that was a joke, and I am sure Bannon isn’t an alcoholic.
