Stephen Bannon Out at the White House After Turbulent Run

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Stephen K. Bannon, the embattled chief strategist who helped President Donald Trump win the 2016 election but clashed for months with other senior West Wing advisers, is leaving his post. “White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Steve Bannon have mutually agreed today would be Steve’s last day,”said White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. “We are grateful for his service and wish him the best.”

Apparently, earlier on Aug 18, the president had told senior aides that he had decided to remove Bannon. But a person close to Bannon insisted that the parting of ways was his idea, and that he had submitted his resignation to the president on Aug. 7, to be announced at the start of this week. But the move was delayed after the violence in Charlottesville (VA). The loss of Bannon, the right-wing nationalist who helped propel some of President Trump’s campaign promises into policy reality, raises the potential for the president to face criticism from the conservative news media base that supported him over the past year.


Stephen Bannon Out at the White House After Turbulent Run Trump gets rid of Stephen Bannon, a top proponent of his nationalist agenda (Washington Post)