STEVE BANNON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s growing feud with Steve Bannon is threatening the former White House strategist’s leadership of the conservative Breitbart News website and upending Mr. Bannon’s plans to wage ‘war’ on party incumbents he deemed insufficiently loyal to the White House agenda.
Mr. Bannon’s longtime benefactors, billionaires Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah Mercer, are actively distancing from him even before the expected release this week of a book that has roiled Messrs. Trump and Bannon’s relationship, according to two people close to the Mercers.
They and other Breitbart News Network LLC board members on Thursday were debating whether to oust Mr. Bannon as chairman, with many supportive of the move, according to a person familiar with the exchanges. Among the considerations are Breitbart’s contractual relationships with other entities, including Sirius XM radio, that involve Mr. Bannon…
Asked Thursday whether Breitbart should oust Mr. Bannon, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said: ‘I certainly think that it’s something they should look at and consider.’
Mr. Bannon and his representatives didn’t respond to requests for comment. On two recent radio shows, Mr. Bannon expressed support for Mr. Trump. He said Thursday morning, ‘nothing will ever come between us and President Trump and his agenda.’ “
-Julie Bykowicz, Janet Hook, and Rebecca Ballhaus, “Breitbart Owners Debate Ousting Bannon Amid Trump Feud,” The Wall Street Journal online, Jan. 4, 2018 05:47pm