Trump Taps John Kelly As New White House Chief Of Staff

She previously served under the Bush and Obama administrations. In a speech before announcing Kelly’s new job Friday in NY, the president praised him as being a “star”. But terminating Sessions (who shares Trump’s anti-immigrant, close-the-border zeal) would be part of an orchestrated plan to get rid of special counsel Robert Mueller, who appears to have frightened Trump with his interest in the First Family’s financial connections with Russian Federation.

That experience prepared him well to take charge of the Department of Homeland Security, a sprawling bureaucracy responsible for border protection and internal security. After bragging to early visitors that he expected to find running the federal government a doddle after the complexities of the property business, Mr Trump has failed to pull off a single substantial governing achievement, beyond one handed to him on a silver platter-the nomination of Neil Gorsuch as a justice of the Supreme Court. As far as it is concerned, you can Memphis Bleek your ass right on out of the White House never to be seen again.

“The President thanks Reince Priebus for his service”. “It’s very frustrating. But that said, we have a sacred mission to protect the country and I’m proud of these people, and we’ll protect them”. He was loyal in his dedication to the President. He also tagged Priebus in the now-deleted tweet and wrote #swamp. He said his “fear” was being offered a job that forced him to “come up to the Beltway”. He’s a great great American.

The shakeup was announced shortly after Air Force One landed at Joint Base Andrews, returning from a speech in Long Island, NY. “So this is not like a situation where there are a bunch of ill will feelings”. And we don’t even know if Steve Bannon can touch his own toes.

Wall Street Journal reporter Michael C. Bender added another layer of intrigue to the story, tweeting that Priebus told him he had privately resigned on Thursday.

He also saluted Priebus, the chief of staff he had just pushed out.

Asked what Priebus said during the flight, King repeated: “Good poker face, showed nothing”. Priebus did not respond to reporters’ shouted questions.

Priebus’ auto then pulled aside, out of the POTUS motorcade.

As word spread about Priebus’ dismissal, some reporters got up close to Priebus’ auto.

New White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci’s wife has filed for divorce, according to the New York Post.

As chairman of the RNC, Priebus had the unenviable role of trying to keep the roof on the Republican Party house with Trump, an outsider tornado, spiraling toward it.

John F. Kelly is the former commander of the U.S. Southern Command who was tapped to succeed Jeh Johnson as President Trump’s secretary of Homeland Security.

And, if you extend the this-day-in-history deadline into the wee hours of Friday morning, the Republican Senate drove a stake through the heart of GOP efforts to “repeal and replace” Obamacare.

Priebus’ departure was something White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci threatened in interviews with the New Yorker and CNN on Thursday. He praised what he said was a “guy from Kenosha, Wisc. who revitalized the Republican National Committee and became White House chief of staff”.