Drudge, NYT: Bannon Out

Bannon had one hell of a run…
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) August 18, 2017

Update: from Reuters: BANNON HAS BEEN FIRED FROM HIS WHITE HOUSE POST -PERSON FAMILIAR WITH THE DECISION
As the Post writes, while Bannon had been on the outs with Trump before, the president suspected Bannon was one of the main leakers in the administration, trashing his colleagues in the press.
The notoriously thin-skinned president also resented the publicity Bannon had been getting as the supposed mastermind of Trump’s campaign and upset victory. One White House source told Axios, ‘His departure may seem turbulent in the media, but inside it will be very smooth. He has no projects or responsibilities to hand off.’
Bannon in recent days gave interviews to publications including the New York Times in which he defended Trump’s controversial comments in the wake of the racial violence in Charlottesville, Va., last weekend.
Speaking to the Post, a source close to Bannon added: ‘This week is a good window into what Bannon outside the [White House] would look like: A strong defense of POTUS and ‘fire and fury’ for enemies of the Trump agenda. Get ready for Bannon the barbarian.’

This post was published at Zero Hedge by Tyler Durden . Aug 18, 2017.