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Steve Bannon expected to be fired by Trump: White House officials
August 18, 2017
White House officials expect US President Donald Trump to fire Chief Strategist Steve Bannon after an internal review conducted by chief of staff John Kelly.
Trump has sent Bannon to a kind of internal exile, and has not met face-to-face for more than a week with a man who was once a fixture in the Oval Office, according to aides and friends of the president.
Adding to the tension, reports circulated last week alleging that Trump suspects Bannon of leaking sensitive information to the press.
Bannon may also have some problems with newly appointed Chief of Staff General John Kelly.
Kelly, who replaced former Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, is eager to reshape the Trump administration, and the president has deferred to Kelly for key staffing decisions.
One source said that Kelly wants "to put more adults in place inside the White House," while also clearing the air of rivalries stemming from when former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and Bannon were jointly appointed.