Stephen K. Bannon Replaced
Stephen K. Bannon left his position as executive chairman of \xadBreitbart News Network on Tuesday, ending his relationship with the far-right website that he helped become widely influential and that in turn abetted his rise as a political adviser and would-be kingmaker.Bannon\u2019s departure \u2014 just days after his public criticisms of former White House colleagues led to a spectacular falling-out with President Trump and his allies \u2014 was a humbling denouement for a figure who had reached the uppermost levels of power only a year ago. It leaves him with no evident platform to promote his views and no major financial backer for his preferred candidates.His departure from Breitbart followed what appears to have been a vote of no confidence from a key supporter and investor in the website, Rebekah Mercer, Mercer\u2019s ire by making critical comments about Trump and his family to author Michael Wolff in a book, Bannon is quoted as saying that Trump\u2019s son, Donald Trump Jr., and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, engaged in \u201ctreasonous\u201d behavior by secretly meeting with Russian representatives during the campaign to get unflattering information about Trump\u2019s opponent, Hillary Clinton.\n\n\u201cThe groundskeeper at the country club didn\u2019t do a good job, so the president got a new groundskeeper,\u201d Gingrich said, describing Bannon\u2019s exit from the White House. When asked if he was calling Bannon a groundskeeper \u2014 those who tend to the greens and fairways at golf courses \u2014 Gingrich said, \u201cYes.\u201dIf you decide that you\u2019re so important that you can take on the president\u2019s daughter, son-in-law, and two sons, and you lose, it has a lot of consequences" WP.