washington president donald trump fire white house chief strategist former campaign manager steve bannon friday almost like bid goodbye part trump polarize stances matter immigration national security closely track bannon america first anti-globalist worldview despite close alignment trump always reluctant credit bannon stun electoral victory november 2016 often note bannon 63 come late campaign join trump secure republican nomination reward bannon nonetheless give top job administration white house grow increasingly chaotic early months trump presidency bannon clash mainstream advisers include crucially president son-in-law jar kushner daughter ivanka trump trump reportedly unhappy attention bannon get early architect trump campaign bannon tendency promote operate almost independent power center within west wing ultimately bannon wear welcome trump fire urge new chief staff john kelly work reorganize white house limit access trump dismissal could political repercussions bannon view administration conduit trump rabid political base bannon departure may antagonize trump passionate supporters fear without bannon trump move close republican political establishment extremely disappoint rick man president americans limit government conservative advocacy group say statement specific policies bannon credit help craft administration travel ban restrict emigration unite state mostly muslim countries well trump opposition trans-pacific partnership trade pact paris global climate accord bannon see wary u.s. intervention abroad argue send u.s. troop afghanistan recent months bannon battle influence inside white house trump national security adviser lieutenant general h.r mcmaster tension destabilize trump team top advisers senior officials tell reuters trump suggest bannon influence overstate bannon view perhaps responsible trump initial response violence last weekend charlottesville virginia blame side confrontation trump say week never speak bannon matter bannon may return provocateur role play right-wing breitbart news website spearhead shift forum alt-right loose online confederation neo-nazis white supremacists anti-semites bannon leadership breitbart site present number conspiracy theories former democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton well republicans deem lack conservative bona fides whether return breitbart use challenge so-called cucks globalists disdain perhaps trump closely watch come weeks bannon former u.s. navy officer goldman sachs investment banker hollywood producer almost immediately bannon departure become public breitbart publish piece call conservative spine administration question whether trump would move moderate direction another breitbart editor raheem kassam post picture bannon twitter caption bannon 2020 seemingly suggest bannon trump president credit trump 's success bannon quickly fell grace