Washington: Stephen Bannon says he will be "covering" for US President Donald Trump on the outside, but the former White House chief strategist made a breathtakingly candid admission in the hours after his exit on Friday.

"The Trump presidency that we fought for, and won, is over," Bannon told the Weekly Standard.

"We still have a huge movement, and we will make something of this Trump presidency. But that presidency is over. It'll be something else. And there'll be all kinds of fights, and there'll be good days and bad days, but that presidency is over."

What, exactly, did Bannon mean? Well, he got specific: