WASHINGTON Romelu Lukaku Trikot , Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- White House chief strategist Steve Bannon was fired on Friday from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, amid months of butting heads with key officials.
The move was simply the last straw in a constantly volatile relationship between Bannon on one side and other staff members on the other. Moreover, the hard-right Bannon was seen as a bad influence on a White House bedeviled by controversy.
""Bannon's position had become increasingly untenable, as his influence was seen by many ... to be a negative influence for the administration, in terms of stability and messaging Youri Tielemans Trikot , and an impediment to legislative success,"" Dan Mahaffee, senior vice president and director of policy at the Center for the Study of Congress and the Presidency, told Xinhua.
""The controversy surrounding Charlottesville and Bannon's perceived ties to the alt-right only furthered this criticism of Bannon,"" he added Kevin De Bruyne Trikot , noting last week's protest of white power advocates in the U.S. state of Virginia, which ended in the death of a 32-year-old woman.
It remains unknown whether this is the start of more house cleaning, or whether the White House's staff roster will retain the same team members going forward.
To be sure, this is not the first time the billionaire businessman,famous for the slogan ""you're fired"" on a U.S. TV reality show Axel Witsel Trikot , has let employees go in his short time in office. Just over a month ago, Trump replaced White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus with John Kelly, the former Homeland Security chief.
Bannon often locked horns with the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner, also a senior White House adviser. The populist Bannon - a sharp contrast to the more moderate Kushner - saw himself as tasked with making sure Trump carried out the populist policy vows he made on the campaign trail.
Bannon also recently criticized the president's strategy on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), as tensions rise between the two nations.
""Bannon committed the cardinal sin of criticizing Trump's (DPRK) strategy. He basically said there couldn't be a U.S. military option because of the retaliation risk. That seriously undermined Trump's approach by giving confidential information to the (DPRK) Jan Vertonghen Trikot ,"" Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Darrell West told Xinhua.
Bannon blasted other team members as being too globalist and, in his mind, as lacking nationalist and patriotic credentials. That often stirred friction with more moderate team members, who characterized Bannon as not being a team player.
It remains unknown whether this marks a shift away from Trump's more populist