President Donald Trump thrives on internal debate but does not like "when people are leaking or criticizing to the outside".
Meanwhile, the few allies Bannon does have appear to be rushing to figure out how to save his position, arguing it would be costly for Trump to get rid of someone who is seen as key to connect with his base. Although a liberal East Coast elite and a globalization votary for the most part, with business interests across the world and immigrant spouses to boot, Trump rode into the White House on the back of a nativist cry for white American primacy of the kind espoused by Bannon and his crew.
White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon listens at right as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on cyber security in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017.
While alliances have been fluid in this White House, Mr. Kushner is joined by more centrist-minded advisers, including not only his wife, Ivanka Trump, who now has her own West Wing office, but also Gary Cohn, the president's national economics adviser, and Dina Powell, a deputy national security adviser, both veterans of Goldman Sachs.
Bannon, who was appointed to the council to guide and watch over then-national security adviser Michael Flynn, remains White House chief strategist.
"Once again this is a completely false story driven by people who want to distract from the success taking place in this administration", a spokesperson said.
Westinghouse files for bankruptcy, leaves U.S. utility in the lurch
The bankruptcy will affect the costs paid by the taxpayers in the USA for the two nuclear projects in South Caroline and Georgia. Westinghouse said it has secured $US800 million in financing to fund and protect its core businesses during its reorganisation.
On Friday, a reliable top aide to Mr. Trump spoke to Axios' Mike Allen via New York Magazine and explained that no date has been set, but Priebus and Bannon will be leaving Washington.
Fox News has learned, however, that there is a schism between Bannon and a group led by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. At its core are Mr. Bannon, the edgy, nationalist bomb-thrower suddenly in the seat of power, and Mr. Kushner, the polished, boyish-looking scion of New Jersey and NY real estate.
Kushner, who played a major role in the presidential campaign, is heading an effort to overhaul the federal government and has traveled to Iraq with the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman. But the president is considering a range of options, including a shift in role for Bannon, who has become increasingly isolated in the White House as other power centers have grown, as well as additional senior staff. Kushner and Bannon have been ordered to sit-down and thrash out their differences, according to reports, which said a frustrated and fed-up Trump had brusquely asked them to "work this out".
Bannon reportedly did not support the strike on a Syrian airfield that the USA carried out Thursday night in response to a chemical attack Trump has blamed on the Syrian government.
One senior staffer flatly denied a report that Priebus may be ousted potentially for Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., an early Trump supporter.
In a tweet, Press Secretary Sean Spicer said the photo was taken Thursday evening in a secure location at the president's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Sources told the publication that Bannon thought Kushner tried to "shiv him and push him out the door".
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