Donald Trump letting Steve Bannon know who is boss

The US president has publicly criticised his chief strategist, but it is the latter’s feud with Trump’s son-in-law that may push him out of the inner circle, says Shannon Pettypiece

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s message in recent days to his chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, was hard to misunderstand: I’m president and you’re not.

Trump’s policy decisions last week sharply departed from Bannon’s nationalist ‘America First’ ideology, and the president’s cutting remarks to the press, downplaying Bannon’s role in the White House, led to questions about the adviser’s future in the administration.