Trump Dumps Priebus
President Trump announced today that he has replaced his chief of staff today, removing Reince Priebus and replacing him with the Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly. This is not a surprise to us here at Whiskey Congress as Steve accurately had Priebus next in line for the Trump Administration Dead Pool. Steve along with others assumed Anthony Scaramucci would eventually take over the role as the chief of staff, but he may have torpedoed his chances for that gig with his most recent comments to the New Yorker.
Just in case you missed it, Scaramucci made a reference to Steve Bannon, the President’s chief strategist, and trying to suck his own penis (in much more vulgar terms). With Priebus and Sean Spicer out, the obvious question is who is next in the administration. Is Steve Bannon next, will Scaramucci last a full thirty (30) days in the White House?
The administration and the GOP as a whole are falling apart at the seams, and there doesn’t seem to be an end to the unraveling in site. While the base is still holding on to the mantras on nationalism, anti-immigration, and ending Obama-care (officially known as the Affordable Care Act or ACA), and just ending all things Obama, it’s hard to get a clear picture on where any of this stands. You can argue that the President has made some good on his promise of immigration reform. He has been able to get a version of a temporary ban on Muslims coming from certain Muslim nations which appeased a majority of his supporters. While many of his supporters wanted more out of the ban, they were pleased with what they received.
Ending the ACA has proven to be much harder than anyone, including democrats thought with Congress and the Senate both controlled by the GOP. Appeal and replace was proven to be more of a slogan over the last seven years than any actual call to action that had a plan behind it. The senate just voted against approving a “skinny repeal” of the ACA, that would have removed some of the mandates of the law but kept in place many of the other requirements.
All that to say, the President’s message will sound the same, they will stay preach, stay the course, but their ship is very, very, very of course right now.
President Donald Trump replaced his chief of staff on Friday, announcing on Twitter that he had appointed Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly to the job.
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