White House counsel Don McGahn, Legislative Affairs director Marc Short and Domestic Policy Director Andrew Bremberg have told coworkers that they will delay their departures from the White House until President Donald Trump’s new Supreme Court nominee is confirmed, according to a Sunday ABC report.
McGahn’s team will reportedly spearhead the confirmation process, a prospect rosy enough that he will be able, at least temporarily, to put aside his increasing difficulties in dealing with the President.
Per ABC, Short is now expected to stay on until October to help coordinate Senate offices — previously, he planned to leave in July.
Bremberg has pushed back plans to leave, though he has not confirmed to ABC that the decision is directly linked to the confirmation process, which he will help coordinate in a minor role.
Trump said last week that he has winnowed his list of Supreme Court candidates to five, and plans to announce his pick on July 9.
Everything Trump touches dies. Even your retirement. Bad (or cancelled) vacation. Sad!
Great. Nothing like prepping your supremely important Supreme Court Nominee with a staff that’s exhausted, disgusted, eyeing the exists, and just doesn’t care anymore. Come to think of it, this may work out well for the resistance. Trump runs everything – communications, wheel-dealing, cat-herding – he’s liable to find some way to screw this up too, or at least win it at such cost that he no longer has any leverage on anyone for anything else. One can hope.
It’s inspiring to see these public servants sacrificing so much in the interest of destroying their country.
Smelling blood in the water, predators rally with new infusion of strength.
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“Retirement” after a 1.5 year “career” in the White House? Some great resume material there, Don McGahn, Marc Short and Andrew Bremberg!