Steve Bannon has wasted no time after being sacked as Donald Trump's chief strategist, returning to his post as executive chairman of right-wing publication Breitbart News.
"The populist-nationalist movement got a lot stronger today," Breitbart News editor-in-chief Alex Marlow was quoted as saying in an article Breitbart published about the move.
"Breitbart gained an executive chairman with his finger on the pulse of the Trump agenda."
The article said Mr Bannon had already chaired Friday's evening editorial meeting, and cited another conservative website, The Drudge Report, which, "hailed Bannon as a 'populist hero' who enjoyed an 'impressive run' during his tenure as President Trump's top White House strategist and campaign CEO'".
Prior to joining the Trump election campaign, the 63-year-old former Navy officer, Goldman Sachs investment banker and Hollywood movie producer spearheaded Breitbart's shift into a forum for the "alt-right" movement.
In his first public remarks after being fired, Mr Bannon said he still backed Mr Trump, but expressed doubt about the administration's future without him.
"I'm leaving the White House and going to war for Trump against his opponents, on Capitol Hill, in the media and in corporate America," he told Bloomberg News.
He said his departure from the White House signalled a major shift for the Trump agenda.
"The Trump presidency that we fought for, and won, is over," he told the conservative Weekly Standard.
"I just think his ability to get anything done — particularly the bigger things, like the wall, the bigger, broader things that we fought for, it's just gonna be that much harder."
Before the announcement Mr Bannon was returning to Breitbart, a senior editor there posted a dramatic one-word warning about Mr Trump's decision to axe the firebrand.
Mr Bannon was the driving force behind some of the Trump administration's most contentious campaign promises, including a travel ban on people from several Muslim-majority nations and the US withdrawal from the Paris climate change agreement, tearing up international trade agreements and cracking down on illegal immigration.
He was no friend of the Republican political establishment and was loathed by liberals but was a darling of some of the President's hard-line conservative supporters.
He often appeared to be a lightning rod for criticism and conflict within the White House, however many viewed him as the President's link to his most loyal and conservative supporters.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders announced Mr Bannon's exit in a statement.
"White House chief of staff John Kelly and Steve Bannon have mutually agreed today would be Steve's last day," the statement said.
"We are grateful for his service and wish him the best."
ABC and wires
