washington/bridgewater n.j. president donald trump ouster chief strategist steve bannon unlikely mark abandonment administration america first agenda unnerve investors trade partner split white house nationalist globalist camp within hours leave trump administration friday bannon back helm breitbart news hard-right news site run become main architect trump 2016 presidential campaign bannon conservative cause speak mind without constraints work white house rick weatherly 61 maintenance technician denver suburb lakewood say saturday trump appear agree tweet steve bannon tough smart new voice breitbartnews ... maybe even good ever fake news need competition bannon 63 instrumental trump contentious policies include travel ban people several muslim-majority nations departure paris climate accord rejection trans-pacific partnership trade deal friend republican political establishment loathe liberals become darling president hard-line conservative supporters trump great external ally source close bannon say condition anonymity use big hammer congressional leadership support president agenda trump supporters south florida chicago colorado tell reuters concern bannon departure mean president distance policies support last year campaign think trump fine say bob janda 67-year-old small business owner chicago bannon likely distance trump ear white house official say condition anonymity bannon join string senior officials leave trump administration past five weeks lead appointment retire marine general john kelly new white house chief staff kelly succeed impose order haphazard operation bannon still direct pipeline oval office breitbart twitter tv white house official add guess bannon probably effective goad president outside especially president feel box john kelly clean line authority national security adviser h.r mcmaster orderly process say kori schake research fellow stanford university hoover institution previously serve white house seem bannon symptom cause president seem share dark vision revel support people bannon represent schake add prior join trump campaign bannon spearhead breitbart shift forum alt-right loose online confederation neo-nazis white supremacists anti-semites departure cap tumultuous week trump widely criticize say side responsible last weekend violence charlottesville virginia rally organize neo-nazis white supremacists bannon tell conservative weekly standard friday would use breitbart attack opponents populist nationalist agenda champion include establishment republicans time appear suggest departure signal major shift trump agenda trump presidency fight bannon say defense policy one area bannon could play role outside many trump national security aid favor send several thousand troop afghanistan taliban insurgents regain grind bannon argue withdraw 8,400 u.s. personnel still also advocate restraint deal north korea reject use military force solve recent crisis danger continue bang away issue appeal breitbart audience go anywhere bannon risk split administration loose coalition hard-right ideologues traditional conservatives middle-of-the-road voters like hillary clinton another trump administration official say also condition anonymity bannon 's exit see signal trump shift center