Got no Strings

"The Trump administration elevated Stephen Bannon to full membership on the National Security Council and downgraded the director of national intelligence and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff." - New York Times

BANNON: "As PuppetMaster, I need to be at all National Security Counsel meetings!"

PENCE: "You could write yourself in as a required member and make everyone else less important."

BANNON: "Yes, I already wrote all the executive orders.  He can't go to the bathroom without me.  I will pull all the strings.  Now, if we could just get rid of this 'opposition party' press coverage."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-holds-calls-with-putin-leaders-from-europe-and-asia/2017/01/28/42728948-e574-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-banner-low_trumpleaders-1218pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.eb5655a16a7e

POSTSCRIPT: In an interview on ABC's "This Week," Spicer said the White House was "instilling reforms to make sure that we streamline the process for the president to make decisions on key, important intelligence matters." - Supposedly, Bannon will be the arm of the President in the NSC.