Tag: White House Chief of Staff

Riding an Untamed Horse: Priebus Opens Up on Serving Trump

The following article by Peter Baker was posted on the New York Times website February 14, 2018:

Reince Priebus, the former White House chief of staff, at an event in the East Room last April. Credit: Doug Mills/The New York Times

WASHINGTON — The meeting, to say the least, had not gone well. Upset at a presidential dressing down, Attorney General Jeff Sessions had just left the White House vowing to resign. Reince Priebus, the White House chief of staff, raced out of the building, found him in his car, banged on the door and implored him to come back inside.

The dramatic episode, described by Mr. Priebus in a soon-to-be-released book, proved a turning point in the relationship between President Trump and his attorney general, one that has shaped the administration ever since. More than any president in modern times, Mr. Trump has engaged in a high stakes public conflict with the Justice Department with extensive potential consequences. Continue reading “Riding an Untamed Horse: Priebus Opens Up on Serving Trump”

White House Chief of Staff: Trump not expected to extend DACA deadline

The following article by Erica Werner and Ed O’Keefe was posted on the Washington Post website February 6, 2018:

White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly says he doesn’t expect President Trump to extend DACA’s deadline if Congress fails to reach an immigration deal. (Photo: Melina Mara/The Washington Post)

White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly said Tuesday that President Trump is not expected to extend a March 5 deadline for when legal protection and work permits begin to expire for young immigrants known as “dreamers” — raising the stakes for lawmakers struggling to reach a solution.

“I doubt very much” that Trump would extend the program, Kelly told reporters during an impromptu interview at the U.S. Capitol. Continue reading “White House Chief of Staff: Trump not expected to extend DACA deadline”

New White House Chief of Staff Has an Enforcer

The following article by Maggie Haberman and Glenn Thrush was posted on the New York Times website September 8, 2017:

John F. Kelly, President Trump’s chief of staff, has been trying to impose order at the White House. Credit Al Drago for The New York Times

Lost in the scramble to cope with Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the response to North Korea’s nuclear provocations and the shock at President Trump’s instant alliance with Democrats was a little-noticed bureaucratic earthquake that shook the White House this week.

At a staff meeting on Wednesday, Mr. Trump’s new chief of staff, John F. Kelly, announced a number of seemingly quotidian internal moves, capped by the appointment of Kirstjen Nielsen — his brusque, no-nonsense longtime aide — as an assistant to the president and his principal deputy. Continue reading “New White House Chief of Staff Has an Enforcer”