WASHINGTON: Donald Trump parted ways with his controversial chief strategist Steve Bannon on Friday as the White House reels from the fallout over the president’s response to a violent white supremacist rally. But the 63-year-old Bannon — a hero of the so-called “alt right” but bete noire of centrists whose departure caps one of the most disastrous weeks of the young presidency — vowed to keep fighting for Trump’s agenda from outside the White House. In an interview with Bloomberg News, Bannon made clear he remained fully committed to the nationalist-populist policies that carried Trump to power. “If there’s any confusion out there, let me clear it up: I’m leaving the White House and going to war for Trump against his opponents — on Capitol Hill, in the media, and in corporate America,” said the far-right firebrand. Published in Daily Times, August 20th , 2017.