July 28, 2017 02:48 PM UTC

BREAKING: Reince Priebus Out as White House Chief of Staff

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• by: Colorado Pols

As the New York Times reports:

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.

Mr. Priebus, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, lost his job just hours after the president’s signature drive to repeal his predecessor’s health care program collapsed on the Senate floor and a day after an ugly feud with the new communications director erupted in a public airing of the deep animosities plaguing the White House.

President Trump announced — via Twitter — that John Kelly will serve as his new Chief of Staff. Kelly will presumably leave his position as Secretary of Homeland Security to accept the new role.

It’s not hyperbole to suggest that the White House is in complete disarray at this point. Just two days ago, Trump’s new choice to be Communications Director — Anthony Scaramucci — bragged to a reporter that Priebus would soon be out the door after losing a power struggle over Scaramucci’s appointment. Chief Strategist Steve Bannon has also been rumored to be on the hot seat, and in this White House, rumors seem to swiftly become reality.

Take a look at what Paul Waldman wrote for the Washington Post just yesterday:

Donald Trump, like many a businessman-turned-politician before him, argued that if he was elected, he would bring his managerial acumen to Washington, making government run like a business with efficiency and skill.

What we’ve seen instead is the most chaotic and incompetent White House in living memory. And it’s only getting worse…

…I’m sure this all makes the Trump administration an exciting place to work — from one day to the next you never know who’s at war with whom, who’s getting fired, what sweeping policy changes will be made, or what the president will tweet next. Most of Trump’s agenda is stalled, half the key jobs are vacant, senior officials can’t wait to get out of town, and everybody’s leaking to the press about what a mess it all is. This is one fine-tuned machine all right. [Pols emphasis]

And it’s still only July.

Day 25:POTUS fires Natl Sec Advisor
Day 110:POTUS fires FBI Dir
Day 183:POTUS namesCD/Press Secy resigns
Day 190:WH CoS out,details to come

— Chris Donovan (@chrisdonovan) July 28, 2017