I think the fact that Trump is clearly more capable of doing real damage on his way out the door, rather than just slinking away in quiet ignominy, has to factor into their equations. As far as this goes, for me, the introduction of Bannon felt like a bolt from the blue. It suddenly became clear that Trump had allies…

Sweet Jesus that statement is stupid. Selective breeding is not genetic modification. Unless you can point to an example of the Romans successfully breeding a tomato to a jellyfish, or the Han Dynasty crossing a scorpion with a cabbage stop using it. This is (nominally) a science website.