“The kind of people we have in Washington only trust what they think they own.”

It’s probably better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.

-former President Lyndon Johnson on FBI Director J, Edgar Hoover, as quoted in The New York Times (31 October 1971)

"The president obviously is very nervous and afraid of firing him," a source close to the White House told Reuters.

The source floated the possibility that Bannon could be demoted instead of fired, noting that he might turn into a harsh critic of the administration if he is forced out of the inner circle.

-John Wolcott and Jeff Mason, "Banish Bannon? Trump weighs his options as top aides feud," Reuters, August 15, 2017