Newt Gingrich, an informal adviser to Mr. Trump and a former House speaker, said, “I<br />think first of all a very high amount of tension in the White House is normal.”<br />“I think they have particular tension right now because the health bill failed,” he added.<br />Trump Fires Warning Shot in Battle Between Bannon and Kushner -<br />By JEREMY W. PETERS and MAGGIE HABERMANAPRIL 7, 2017<br />WASHINGTON — As he grappled on Thursday with his first major decision involving military action, a fed-up<br />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.<br />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<br />that the former chairman of the Republican National Committee is a “nice guy.”<br />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<br />and hiring decisions, now finds himself in the undesirable position of being caught between the president and his family.<br />But the president is considering a range of options, including a shift in role for Mr. Bannon, who has become increasingly<br />isolated in the White House as other power centers have grown, as well as additional senior staff.<br />Kushner allies have also raised the issue with the president of the increasingly unflattering coverage<br />that Mr. Kushner is receiving from Breitbart News, the right-wing website that Mr. Bannon used to run.
