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Le Gaucher

(1,547 posts)
Fri Jul 28, 2017, 04:59 PM Jul 2017

BREAKING NEWS: President Trump has pushed out Reince Priebus, his chief of staff. He'll be replaced [View all]

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Source: NYTIMES

WASHINGTON — Reince Priebus, the establishment Republican-turned-loyalist to President Trump who served as his White House chief of staff for the last six months, was pushed out on Friday in the latest convulsion in a chaos-wracked West Wing to which he had repeatedly failed to bring some semblance of order.

Convinced that Mr. Priebus was not strong enough, Mr. Trump has been talking about bringing in “a general” as chief of staff and chose John F. Kelly, the retired Marine four-star general serving as secretary of homeland security. But some of his advisers oppose that idea, arguing that Mr. Trump needs someone more in tune with the nationalist political movement that helped propel him to the White House.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/us/politics/reince-priebus-white-house-trump.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=65632791&pgtype=Homepage



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Making available yet another witness for Mr. Mueller Sneederbunk Jul 2017 #1
I'm gonna quit asking, "What's next?" nt blaze Jul 2017 #2
Nope, just pop some more corn and sit back and enjoy the spectacle Warpy Jul 2017 #17
I wonder how well a military guy will get along in that snake pit The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #3
doe he understand he has to kiss Trump's ass? Skittles Jul 2017 #6
That's the BIG question isn't it? Zoonart Jul 2017 #23
I have zero respect for anyone who agrees to work for Donald Fucking Trump Skittles Jul 2017 #4
And I don't understand why anyone would even want to work for him. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #10
KGOP Fascist Coup, Inc. nearly complete Achilleaze Jul 2017 #5
Putin and Trump are putting the finishing touches on now. Mueller Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #16
Priebus. Rinsed. sandensea Jul 2017 #7
Lol.. Next up ..Bannon to face the cannon? Le Gaucher Jul 2017 #12
I like it! sandensea Jul 2017 #15
As much as I despise that sniveling Priebus, I hope he writes a tell-all book procon Jul 2017 #8
So who will be the new Secretary of Homeland Security? missingthebigdog Jul 2017 #9
Nobody... LovingA2andMI Jul 2017 #14
these guys, given how other appts have gone Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #21
Trump's administration will NEVER GET ANYTHING DONE, you can't keep changing staff like socks. iluvtennis Jul 2017 #11
Personally, We Are GLAD That Reince Has Been Fired... LovingA2andMI Jul 2017 #13
It seems insane to grab the SecHomelandSecurity exboyfil Jul 2017 #18
When will it happen to Sessions? BigmanPigman Jul 2017 #19
SCARAMOUCHE, SCARAMOUCHE! janx Jul 2017 #20
'...someone more in tune with the nationalist political movement...' Girard442 Jul 2017 #22
Locking - duplicate thread muriel_volestrangler Jul 2017 #24
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