Trump claims there’s no chaos in the administration, a flurry of staffing shakeups hint at a White House on shaky legs. Here’s a set of remarkably interconnected web of hirings and firings. And yes, all this and more happened in just the last two weeks of July. Trump hired financier Anthony Scaramucci as White House communications director. Later the same day, press secretary Sean Spicer resigned, with Sarah Huckabee Sanders taking his place.
Spicer lasted only six months.
Though Spicer had been said to be looking to leave for a while, he finally quit because he believed “Scaramucci’s hiring would add to the confusion and uncertainty already engulfing the White House.” Spicer was right. Scaramucci quickly went on an epic profanity-filled tirade against chief of staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Steve Bannon.
Scaramucci also told radio host Hugh
Hewitt that Hewitt was “probably right” to think that Trump would fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Scaramucci also threatened to fire amazon database the White House’s entire communications team, starting with assistant press secretary Michael C. Short.
Rather than wait for the axe, Short resigned.
Meanwhile, Reince Priebus’ tenure as White i click on the ios project as House chief of staff ended after he’d spent just six months on the job. Though some reports said Priebus was fired or forced out, Priebus said he resigned. Trump replaced Priebus with retired General rich data John Kelly, who had been serving as secretary of Homeland Security. Elaine Duke, the deputy director of Homeland Security, will step up as acting secretary.
Hours after Kelly was sworn in as chief of
Staff and just 10 days after Scaramucci joined the White House, Trump removed Scaramucci as a result of Kelly’s urging. There’s no word yet if Scaramucci will stay on at the White House in a different role and the new communications director will be. And, it’s too early to know if this is a sign that John Kelly will bring order to chaos. 2. No really. Chaos.