#firebannon #firekushner
As the Twitter wars heat up over whether Trump should fire Bannon (he’s combative, no one likes him, genuinely uninterested in passing legislation, no experience in this, racist anti-Semite, only wants to destroy things, most damaging–called Jared a cuck, and is generally embarrassing to have around), or fire Kushner (he’s out of his depth, supposedly convinced Trump to strike Syria, is undermining Trump’s intolerance & anti-Semitism, lied on his NatSec forms, is making all sorts of cash for himself in his role, and generally embarrassing to look at), Trump has some political math to do.
If they don’t work things out, my inclination has been that Trump will stand by his son-in-law. It’s widely seen in the real estate industry that he hasn’t been able to manage his businesses without his kids for years, and let’s face it, the presidency is just another business to him. Don’t cross family, no matter who you think you are, because Trump cannot work without them. They are literally the only people he can trust.
On the other hand, if Trump dumps Bannon in favor of Kushner, he’ll lose his base of support. The Nazi alt-right and the rest of his bigoted die-hards worship the guy, and are already up in arms about Trump’s Jewish son-in-law being in the White House. While that sounds like an opportunity to pick up moderate support, Trump’s approval is so low that it’s unlikely he can. Without his appeal to ethnonationalism (and I count Republicans like Mitch McConnell and Steve King in this group), Trump has almost no supporters at all. This is a loud and aggressive group that comes with its own grassroots operations, and he can’t afford to dismiss them.
His only choice is to make them get along. He’ll stick to the only path he can.