Bannon reportedly handed in his resignation Aug. 7.
Update — Friday, Aug. 18 at 1: 40 p.m. EDT: The White House confirmed Bannon handed in his resignation. „White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Steve Bannon have mutually agreed today would be Steve’s last day, “ the White House said in a statement Friday. „We are grateful for his service and wish him the best.“
Original story:
Breaking news from Drudge Report and the New York Times Friday: White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon is reportedly out of the Trump administration. The White House did not immediately confirm the rumor.
One theory claimed Bannon could have been fired was because of an interview he gave with American Prospect magazine Thursday regarding President Donald Trump’s policy on Kim Jong Un’s North Korea.
“There’s no military solution — forget it, ” Bannon told the Prospect. “Until somebody solves the part of the equation that shows me that 10 million people in Seoul don’ t die in the first 30 minutes from conventional weapons, I don’ t know what you’ re talking about. There’s no military solution here; they got us.”
His words reportedly changed the way North Koreans viewed the U. S. “The president had the North Koreans really believing they could wake up to a strike, taking out their nuclear weapons and command and control facilities.
