Trump Adviser Steve Bannon is Leaving White House Post (nytimes.com)

President Donald Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon left his position on Friday (alternative source) as the newly minted chief of staff John Kelly sought to bring order to a White House riven by infighting and power struggles, more than a dozen news outlets report. Maggie Haberman, reporting for The New York Times: 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 the move was delayed after the racial unrest in Charlottesville, Va.

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Re:Well, okay - but

[grasshoppa]

I partake in politics in the way connoisseurs do a new restaurant; I enjoy the experience, even when I'm ingesting something vile. That makes any online political discussion difficult for me as most folks can't handle my unique perspective; it doesn't fit in any box they understand.

That said.

Yes, absolutely love watching him twist his own party, the democrats and the media around his finger. His value-creation process has been particularly interesting for me to watch, but I suspect most folks won't really understand what I mean by that.