The internet is saying goodbye to Steve Bannon by trolling him with Confederate statue jokes

Steve Bannon, Trump's White House Chief Strategist, has officially left the building and the internet can't help but notice his impeccable timing.

Amidst a nationwide debate over the decision to remove Confederate monuments — which Trump sees as "beautiful" pieces of history — from the country in wake of the deadly rally in Charlottesville, the people all over the web can't help but make one big joke about Bannon's exit:

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That joke, of course, is that Bannon has become an ousted Confederate statue himself.

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Though he's not a self-declared white supremacist, the former Breitbart executive was long considered one of Trump's most controversial administration appointees for his connections to the alt-right.

As he embarks to join the ranks of fellow "pals" also booted from the White House, like Anthony Scaramucci, Sean Spicer, and Reince Priebu, people can't help but send him off with a warm internet goodbye:

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Bye, Bannon. Trump just probably felt you could be comparably replaced...

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