Newt Gingrich, an informal adviser to Mr. Trump and a former House speaker, said, “I
think first of all a very high amount of tension in the White House is normal.”
“I think they have particular tension right now because the health bill failed,” he added.
Trump Fires Warning Shot in Battle Between Bannon and Kushner -
By JEREMY W. PETERS and MAGGIE HABERMANAPRIL 7, 2017
WASHINGTON — As he grappled on Thursday with his first major decision involving military action, a fed-up
and frustrated President Trump turned to his two top aides and told them he had had enough of their incessant knife-fights in the media.
Mr. Priebus has been a source of contention for a number of Mr. Trump’s former advisers, with the president pushing back on criticism with the response
that the former chairman of the Republican National Committee is a “nice guy.”
Mr. Bannon, a hard-charging, fast-talking confidant of the president’s whose roving job in the White House has given him influence over policy
and hiring decisions, now finds himself in the undesirable position of being caught between the president and his family.
But the president is considering a range of options, including a shift in role for Mr. Bannon, who has become increasingly
isolated in the White House as other power centers have grown, as well as additional senior staff.
Kushner allies have also raised the issue with the president of the increasingly unflattering coverage
that Mr. Kushner is receiving from Breitbart News, the right-wing website that Mr. Bannon used to run.