Trump's allies on the far right prepare for war with the White House following Bannon's departure

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August 18, 2017 9:57 PM

President Donald Trump's allies in the far-right media have expressed disappointment at the departure of white house chief strategist Steve Bannon.

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon.

President Donald Trump's allies in the far-right media have expressed disappointment at the departure of White House chief strategist Steve Bannon on Friday, but speculate that it's likely not the end of Bannon's attempts to pressure the administration to implement the right-wing populist agenda.

The former head of Breitbart News was largely seen as the highest-ranking proponent for the nationalist and nativist strains of the president's agenda, as well as the enabler of the president's most pugilistic impulses.

Even before Bannon left the White House, there were clear signs that Breitbart was ready to more clearly break with the administration after months of acting as the president's closest media ally online.

CNN reported that Breitbart editor-in-chief Alex Marlow asked staff not to tweet about Bannon's departure, but that didn't stop staffers like editor Joel Pollak, who alluded to a brewing conflict between Breitbart and the White House in a tweet, or national security reporter Adelle Nazarian, who posted and quickly deleted three globe emojis, an allusion to the rise of so-called "globalists" within the administration.

#WAR... @ Joel B. Pollak

The site published a story titled, "With Steve Bannon Gone, Donald Trump Risks Becoming Arnold Schwarzenegger 2.0," and is reportedly preparing more stories critical of key White House figures. (Breitbart has already been critical of figures like senior adviser Jared Kushner and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster.)

Other far-right activists echoed the sentiment, but argued that Bannon could likely be a more effective agitator from the outside.

#WAR... @ Mike Cernovich #emo##emo#

Bannon to go "thermonuclear... @ Paul Joseph Watson

I hope Bannon returns to Br... @ Paul Joseph Watson

#emo##emo##emo# <a href="https://t.c... @ Jack Posobiec #emo##emo#

#emo# <a href="https://t.co/ur... @ Mike Cernovich #emo##emo#

Still, others expressed open dissatisfaction with the chief strategist's departure.

Many on the right warned that Bannon's ouster could lead to more foreign intervention, given the rising influence of former military figures within the administration.

Bannon being out before the... @ Jack Posobiec #emo##emo#

So #BannonOut is announced ... @ Jeff Giesea

Conservative commentator Ann Coulter said that Trump was bowing to media pressure, and warned that there was no one in the White House who represented the right-leaning populist wing.

If @realDonaldTrump didn't ... @ Ann Coulter

.@realDonaldTrump needs to ... @ Ann Coulter

Here's a great sign: Wall S... @ Ann Coulter

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