Report: Trump Allies Worried About How POTUS Will Fare With Loss Of Key Aide

Keith Schiller President-elect Donald Trump's private security director, arrives at Trump Tower in New York, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Schiller has been named deputy assistant to the president and his director of Oval ... Keith Schiller President-elect Donald Trump's private security director, arrives at Trump Tower in New York, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Schiller has been named deputy assistant to the president and his director of Oval Office operations. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) MORE LESS
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The departure of Keith Schiller, a longtime aide and confidante of President Donald Trump’s, has left the President’s allies worried how Trump will act without Schiller at his side, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday morning.

Schiller, who led the Trump Organization’s security operations before working in the White House as director of Oval Office operations, has decided to leave the White House, CNN and CBS News reported over the weekend. Schiller had never planned to stay long at the White House, and he will soon return to a job in private security, according to Bloomberg News.

His decision to leave the White House was accelerated by the new regime implemented by chief of staff John Kelly, who revoked Oval Office walk-in privileges from Schiller and several others, according to CBS and Bloomberg News.

As a longtime employee of Trump’s, Schiller was one of Trump’s most loyal and trusted aides. The President dispatched Schiller to fire FBI Director James Comey and former White House aide George Gigicos.

Trump was “crushed” by Schiller’s decision to leave the White House, per Bloomberg News. Several allies told Bloomberg news that Trump was losing an “emotional anchor” with Schiller’s departure, and that the loss could lead Trump to butt heads with Kelly.

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  1. Uh-oh. You know what happens when you take a pacifier away from a baby.

    Shrieking, whining temper tantrums incoming on the radar…and bigly!!

  2. I do believe that’s called "Hurricane Irma."

  3. Obviously, Trump wouldn’t pay for his defense attorneys.

  4. Naaaaah, this one’s gonna hit at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Damage will be extensive, but localized.

  5. It’s lonely at the top, Donny-Boy.

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