Bannon ousted from National Security Council

President Trump's controversial chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, was removed from the National Security Council on Wednesday, Fox News confirmed. "[Obama administration National Security Adviser] Susan Rice operationalized the NSC during the last administration," Bannon said in a statement. [National Security Adviser] General [H.R.] Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert also had his role reduced in the shakeup; however, Bossert can still call a meeting of the Homeland Security Council, remains on the Principals Committee and can attend NSC meetings, the administration official said. Bannon was put on the NSC's "Principals Committee" as a check on former National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn to make sure Flynn carried through with a directive to depoliticize the NSC, a senior administration official told Fox News.


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Steve Bannon loses National Security Council seat

Image copyright EPA Image caption Steve Bannon is a lightning rod for much anti-Trump criticismPresident Donald Trump has removed his senior strategist Steve Bannon from the US National Security Council (NSC). Trump's 'brain' Steve Bannon emerges from the shadowsThe NSC is the main group advising the president on national security and foreign affairs. Although his national security influence may have been curtailed, Mr Bannon will continue to cast a long shadow in this administration. The aide said Mr Bannon was only given a seat on the NSC to keep an eye on National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who was fired in February. A White House aide said the reshuffle was not a demotion for Mr Bannon, who used to head up Breitbart News.




(Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)President Trump on Wednesday removed controversial White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon from the National Security Council, part of a sweeping staff reshuffling that elevated key military and intelligence officials to greater roles on the council and left Bannon far less involved in shaping the administration's day-to-day national security policy. National security experts, including a former Obama administration official, characterized it as an elevation of a White House official with no national security experience, even while other national security officials in the administration were included on the NSC only when "issues pertaining to their responsibilities and expertise" were involved. Two senior White House officials said Bannon's departure was in no way a demotion and that he had rarely attended meetings since being placed on the council. It is the latest departure in the senior ranks of the White House. But inside the White House, he has gained significant influence and his plans for the council have largely been encouraged by the president's closest aides.


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