Donald Trump advisor Stephen Bannon took on a lower profile in recent weeks after reports on his clashes with Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner

Now the White House is preparing for a multi-year battle amid a swirl of investigations about Trump Russia ties

The Wall Street Journal reported President Trump is considering a staff shakeup

A new 'war room' is being created with experienced professionals

Bannon's skills in political warfare are seen as being more in-demand

He left President Trump's trip after the first stop in Saudi Arabia

West-wing sources are describing him as a 'wartime consigliere' who can battle the media

Kushner has come under scrutiny by federal investigators for meetings with Russian officials

Donald Trump's chief strategist Stephen Bannon is coming back in from the cold with his combative skills more in-demand as the White House battles investigators and the media.

Bannon took a lower profile in recent weeks after reports on his clashes with Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner.

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President Trump grew increasingly frustrated, as the conflict reportedly sparked a staff civil war in the West Wing, and at one point ask them to 'work it out,' CNN reported.

Now, White House sources are touting Bannon as a 'wartime consigliere' who can help Trump battle the media and circling investigators, Axios reported Friday.

Trump is considering a senior staff shakeup, the Wall Street Journal reported, with consideration also given to finding a way to filter the president's use of social media.

A White House official said Trump was '100% focused' on the probes, and slept only two hours before his speech in Saudi Arabia on confronting extremism.

Trump's tweets could get vetted by a team of lawyers to insure ideas 'don’t go from the president’s mind out to the universe,' the Journal reported.

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller is leading a probe into Russian campaign meddling and alleged Trump ties as a special counsel, while congressional panels are subpoenaing Trump associates.

Warring White House aides are more inclined to perceive a 'common enemy,' according to the publication.

'It is now very clear that there is a unified opponent and that's ultimately the swamp, both with regard to the deep state leakers, to the partisan opponents and the people who just don't want to give up their power. That includes the media,' according to a source.

The White House is about to set up a 'war room' to battle the emerging challenges.

'Since the firing of [FBI Director James] Comey, that really exposed the fact that the White House in its current structure ... is not prepared for really a one-front war, let alone a two-front war,' a source told Reuters. 'They need to have a structure in place that allows them to stay focused' while 'also truly fighting back on these attacks and these leaks.'

'Obviously you want it [unity] under different circumstances but it's really united this team and helped bring clarity to their focus,' the source added.

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President Trump's staff has been prone to infighting and leaks

White House senior advisor Jared Kushner (R), flanked by fellow senior advisor Steve Bannon (L) and chief economic advisor Gary Cohn, attends a signing ceremony between Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and U.S. President Donald Trump at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 20, 2017

Bannon is views as having media chops from his time running Breitbart News. He has clashed with the media, and advised Trump to take on his rivals head-on.

He has also been a lightning rod, and continues to suffer for having once called Breitbart the 'platform for the alt-right.'

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The White House is drawing new plans that will push back in the press, in committee rooms, and in the courts.

'We're getting street fighters ready to go,' one Trump ally told Axios Thursday.

'The White House is embracing the fight, which is going to last as long as Donald Trump is president,' said the ally.

New rapid response teams will fill an organizational structure meant to to counter the daily onslaught of bad headlines about burgeoning Russia probes.

GRIM: Pictured: (l-r) Jimmy Fallon as Jared Kushner, Grim Reaper as Steve Bannon, Alec Baldwin as President Donald Trump and Beck Bennett as Vice President Mike Pence during the "Trump Cold Open" sketch on April 15, 2017

Authorities are probing meetings Kushner had with top Russian officials during the presidential transition, when Kushner became known as a top facilitator for foreign governments looking to make contacts to the new administration.

Investigators are focusing on a series of meetings held by Kushner at that time, the Washington Post reported late Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter.

The paper reported last week that a senior White House advisor close to the president was a focus of the probe, but declined to identify Kushner.