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Bannon Exit Won’t End White House Chaos That Comes From the Top

  • Trump ouster of top advisor doesn’t fix penchant for disorder
  • Aide returns to Breitbart News promising war on Trump enemies
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Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon was ousted from President Donald Trump's administration Friday, August 18th. Bloomberg Profiles explains Bannon's unorthodox journey to the West Wing. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Stephen Bannon’s ouster rids the White House of someone who fed off chaos, obsessed over his own image, and sowed conflict among top aides to the president. 

The problem is that many of Bannon’s most-damaging traits were merely an amplification of the man who continues to sit in the Oval Office.