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TRAVIS GETTYS
05 JUN 2017 AT 07:34 ET
Reince Priebus remains White House chief of staff in large part because no one else wants the job.
A dozen White House officials and advisers told Politico that President Donald Trump wants to replace Priebus and has been talking to outside advisers about possible replacements, but he continues to hold onto his position. Its basically decided that Reince is gone, a friend of the president told the website. Its just a matter of who replaces him and when.
Priebus tries to maintain control within the White House by holding daily meetings at 8 a.m., running in and out of other meetings throughout the day to keep an eye on his colleagues, and working late into the night, sometimes reviewing posts about himself on Twitter and asking other officials to push back.
Trump praises Priebus to his face, but hes critical of him with others within the White House and has been asking for advice on a replacement.
Youd think hed just do the same thing as (former communications director Mike) Dubke and see the writing on the wall and leave, said one senior White House aide. Its gotten embarrassing.
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http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/its-gotten-embarrassing-trump-desperate-to-fire-reince-priebus-but-no-one-wants-the-job/
tanyev
(42,720 posts)rurallib
(62,508 posts)SunSeeker
(51,898 posts)spanone
(136,008 posts)gordianot
(15,271 posts)When runners up include Ghouliani and Christie as Toads go Trump is lucky to have Priebus.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)must be taking human growth hormone. From the back, I see his head is growing right through his hair!!
patricia92243
(12,607 posts)something- anything - will finally pay off.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)is desperately looking for work, but it has to be EASY.
Lotusflower70
(3,077 posts)I thought of her too. Omg! She is an idiot, she would fit right in.
lpbk2713
(42,784 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Rump may be recalcitrant because he wants some "loyal" idiot who company he enjoyed in that role, but no doubt those puppeteers are working very hard to get their man in that critical position.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)... there are some very critical positions in the State Department and elsewhere still open leaving our country weaker because of it.
Not a laughing matter.
We are a little bit past "living in interesting times" now
is fortunate that he is a republican. If he were a democrat the entire gop would be hounding him, demanding "hearings".
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)lpbk2713
(42,784 posts)With torches and pitchforks.
keithbvadu2
(37,130 posts)exboyfil
(17,867 posts)Reince should have never agreed to the split in the position. He is nothing more than a pinata.
onenote
(42,911 posts)Maybe he can be Chief of Staff. Keep in the family.
Or maybe Tiffany could put off law school for a while.
dhill926
(16,399 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,967 posts)Talk about a disaster? I am both loving and hating what is happening right now.
Loving the incompetence, the chaos within the Trump Administration. Hating the effects it is having on this country as a whole as the rest of the world laughs at us, making the US look weak.
Satisfied now, Trump voters?
IronLionZion
(45,700 posts)and call it a day. Why bother hiding it anymore
denvine
(802 posts)Seriously? It's been embarrassing since day one!
Vinca
(50,347 posts)DFW
(54,588 posts)Trouble is, I estimate MY shelf life in minutes.......
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)Democrats should be approaching him for the job. They could do no worse and they could do the country a favor. A bit of a Trojan Horse I'll admit, but at some point someone has to step forward and server for the good of the country.
onecent
(6,096 posts)dembotoz
(16,874 posts)harder to replace than it looks if he want to avoid more defections from the traditional gop base
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,106 posts)without a Chief of Staff. President Cofveve can handle that himself, can't he? Reince (who names their kid "Reince"??) should just bail before things get even worse in that snake pit.
Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)Glad you finally showed up to the fucking party.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)...well almost...
anyway, that's guy's learned to block feelings like embarrassment many moons ago.
Ilsa
(61,721 posts)It'll be fun watching her age twice as fast because of how difficult trump makes everything.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,080 posts)It would only last a day at best, but boy what a day that would be!
miyazaki
(2,271 posts)I'd meet the press with a pint in one hand and a smoke in the other.
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