"Bannon submitted his resignation to the president on Aug. 7" - NYT

[dalton99a]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/us/politics/steve-bannon-trump-white-house.html

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.

[SweetieD]

1. Hmmm....

[samnsara]

2. yeah sure

.....now its a distraction from trumps racism....

[grantcart]

4. I believe it Bannon will be free to make more money and say whatever he wants.

He had to call a reporter and 'accidentally go off the record to finally get fired.

[tavernier]

3. Sweethearts are always breaking up,

but the making up is so sweet.

[LenaBaby61]

5. It appears that the Nazi is...

Out...

Per Yahoo News.

Steve Bannon out as White House chief strategist.

Steve Bannon has resigned from his role as White House chief strategist, ABC News has learned.

A source close to Bannon told ABC News the resignation was effective on Aug. 14, exactly one year after he joined the Trump campaign. Trump had grown increasingly frustrated with Bannon, according to one senior White House official.

Bannon has clashed with virtually every top official in the White House. Atop his list of in-house detractors are senior adviser Jared Kushner, national security adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster and the new chief of staff, Gen. John Kelly.

One of McMaster's first moves was to remove Bannon from his seat at the National Security Council, a move that angered Bannon. And his appointment as the council's chief political strategist was hugely controversial when it was first announced via executive order at the start of the administration.

Over the weekend, McMaster refused to say whether he would continue to work with Bannon.

The former executive chairman of Breitbart News joined the Trump campaign last August. He would become known as a fearless and critically influential adviser to the president.

On Tuesday, the president told reporters at Trump Tower that Bannon was a "good man” and “not a racist.”

"I like Mr. Bannon. He's a friend of mine. But Mr. Bannon came on very late. You know that. I went through 17 senators, governors, and I won all the primaries. Mr. Bannon came on very much later than that," Trump said before adding, "but we'll see what happens with Mr. Bannon."

Bannon is the latest high-profile aide to leave the White House. On July 21, press secretary Sean Spicer resigned, followed by Chief of Staff Reince Priebus. White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci was fired a few days later, serving just 11 days in that role.

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/steve-bannon-white-house-chief-strategist-165104169--abc-news-topstories.html

Roger Stone had BEEN calling for him to leave. Stone has more to do with this whole ruSSia situation than people think.

[jmowreader]

6. Convenient timing

Just as the White Supremacist convention in Charlottesville is blowing up in Trump's face, he fires the most obvious white supremacist in his inner circle.

Next question: If NaziCon 17 hadn't made the news for the reasons it did, would Bannon have been fired? Trump still needs him.

[octoberlib]

7. Trump didn't fire anybody. Bannon resigned.

Laura Rozen heard this from sources a week ago.

[jmowreader]

8. Was the firing of Bannon' own free will?

[octoberlib]

11. A number of reporters on Twitter said that 2 weeks ago they were hearing from sources

that Bannon had submitted his resignation. Glenn Thrush of the NYT said Bannon told him at the beginning of Trump's administration that he'd only last about 8 months. It's been 8 months. Nah, this was planned. Bannon always had plans to go back to Breitbart.

[Solly Mack]

9. K&R

[niyad]

10. so have we been paying the little turd's salary since then?