And the "Don't Sugarcoat It" Award for Monday goes to Jonathan Alter, who told us what he really thinks about the Reince Priebus / Stephen Bannon "leadership roles" in the Trump White House:
JONATHAN ALTER: People in Washington are comforted bit fact that Priebus is chief of staff and Bannon is chief strategist, like that's a good thing. I urge them to look back to the Bush administration when Andy Card was Chief of Staff. Who was more powerful in that White House? Bannon is going to be number one in this White House. He will eat Priebus for lunch. He's way smarter not only than Priebus but the other people around trump, not to mention Trump himself. He's described by conservatives who worked for him as quote, an evil genius, a screamer, a manipulator, a hater, somebody who, by his own words, said that he wanted to make Breitbart, a quote, alt-right platform. In other words, a place for hate to get voice online. And he's now expanding to Europe. He's trying to link up with La Pen and....
LAWRENCE O'DONNELL: ....there's a market for this...
ALTER: ...neofascists and try to take this movement, this basically white nationalist movement global.
Fellow panelist James Peterson points out that the lack of government experience with Bannon and Priebus is a plus for Trump voters. And that should terrify all of us.
