Following months of speculation, President Donald Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon is out of the White House, two top officials say.
Bannon’s exit comes just seven months after Trump took office and three weeks after retired Gen. John Kelly took over as chief strategist.
He joined Trump’s campaign last year, and was a key adviser in the president’s general election campaign.
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According to the CNN, President Trump is not happy with his chief strategist after he was quoted in an interview with the American Prospect contradicting him on North Korea and asserting that he was able to make personnel changes at the State Department.
Bannon, considered one of Trump’s most controversial staffers, is perceived as the driving force behind the President’s “nationalist” ideology.