Steve Bannon, President Trump's chief strategist, is officially out of a job, the White House confirmed on Friday.
People on Twitter soon began to troll Bannon without mercy.
Steve #BannonOUT
A lot of people were super excited Bannon was gone.
#Bannon #BannonOut #BannonIsHistory celebrations 🎉
There was tons of rejoicing.
#BannonOut
Mood:
How I feel about #BannonOut
A lot of other clever cats made some ~fun puns~.
Bannon has alt-left the White House [oh god, sam]
Good one!
A-BANNON YE ALL HOPE yes i am available for hire
Tehehe.
Woah. I did Nazi that coming. Don't worry, Steve, I'm sure you'll be alt-right. #BannonOut
Still, others latched on to Trump's comments this week defending Confederate statues, and they all had the same joke.
BREAKING: Trump has removed a statue honoring the confederacy from the White House.
This "statue" is gone, too. Sad!
BREAKING NEWS: Grotesque Confederate Statue Removed from the White House.
Ice cold.
Guess Bannon isn't as beautiful as his racist statue counterparts Trump wants so desperately to preserve.
Media types all made the same joke as well.
Trump is clearly pivoting to video #BannonOUT
Everyone is doing it these days.
Enjoy your pivot to video, Steve Bannon!
Others imagined what was really going on in the White House.
Hope Hicks looks down at her notebook. With a red pen she neatly crosses out the name: -STEPHEN K. BANNON She smiles and turns the page...
Or Trump's real motives.
BREAKING: Donald Trump sends Steve Bannon away to find the cure for greyscale. "I command you to heal yourself," Tr… https://t.co/ejPD9wgkSS
(Note: this photo isn't real and comes from the Onion.)
Oh my.
Steve Bannon has resigned to spend more time with his jars of preserved animal fetuses
And of course, people made Apprentice jokes.
Are there even any contestants left on White House season one to get fired? #bannonout
Or maybe it's not a joke?
So Bannon is out now? Is someone gonna get axed every week like…like… Holy shit. We are LIVING The Apprentice.
Who is even left at the White House anymore?
Trump in the Oval Office right now
Regardless, we will miss you, Steve.
Trump administration "In Memoriam": Steve Bannon edition
And everything that could have been.
.@rosie we will never see our dream realized. #Bannon #ByeFelicia! 🎉
Another one bites the dust!
Another one bites the dust... #Bannon https://t.co/RCw5G7ZDec