Donald Trump will remove White House chief strategist Steve Bannon according to sources who spoke to the New York Times.
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The president and senior White House officials were debating when and how to dismiss Mr. Bannon. The two administration officials cautioned that Mr. Trump is known to be averse to confrontation within his inner circle, and could decide to keep on Mr. Bannon for some time.
As of Friday morning, the two men were still discussing Mr. Bannon’s future, the officials said. A person close to Mr. Bannon insisted 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 it was delayed in the wake of the racial unrest in Charlottesville, Va.
…Mr. Bannon’s departure was long rumored in Washington. The president’s new chief of staff, John F. Kelly, a retired Marine Corps general who was brought on for his ability to organize a chaotic staff, was said to have grown weary of the chief strategist’s long-running feud with Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, the national security adviser.
Following the news that Trump had decided to axe him, Bannon said he resigned two weeks ago.
Steve Bannon just told me he resigned from the White House two weeks ago @POTUS #Bannon
— Sara A. Carter (@SaraCarterDC) August 18, 2017
MORE: Steve Bannon resigned from the Trump administration two weeks ago, effective August 14, @ABC News has learned. https://t.co/pZ93qF6kPu pic.twitter.com/nksFS5WicX
— ABC News (@ABC) August 18, 2017
