Interesting observation, Bewitched. I'd missed that.
Mind you, I don't believe Bannon had actually resigned on 7 Aug. Both he and 45 have form for claiming something was their plan all along, when things are go awry.
And with all his concern about leaks and loyalty, I can't see 45 keeping someone around him a second after their resignation - especially given the anti-Trump stuff Bannon is coming out with now.
I also can't see 45 managing not to spill at the press conference on 15 Aug, if Bannon had resigned at this point:
REPORTER: Can you tell us how you are feeling about your chief strategist, Mr. Bannon? Can you talk about that?
REPORTER: Steve Bannon --
TRUMP: I never spoke to Mr. Bannon about it.
REPORTER: Can you tell us broadly about – do you still have confidence in Steve?
TRUMP: Well, we’ll see. And look, look, I like Mr. Bannon. He is a friend of mine, but Mr. Bannon came on very late. You know that. I went through 17 senators, governors and I won all the primaries. Mr. Bannon came on very much later than that, and I like him. He is a good man. He is not a racist – I can tell you that. He is a good person, he actually gets very unfair press in that regard. We'll see what happens with Mr. Bannon. He’s a good person, and I think the press treats him frankly very unfairly.
In short, I think Bannon's been unceremoniously dumped and is lying about it.