Asked If He’ll Fire Tom Price Over Private Plane Use, Trump Says ‘We’ll See’

President Donald Trump with Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, listens after addressing members of the media regarding the health care overhaul bill, Friday, March 24, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
FILE - In this March 24, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump with Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price are seen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. For Republicans, health care is becomi... FILE - In this March 24, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump with Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price are seen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. For Republicans, health care is becoming a big political gamble. Not only are they trying to scale back major benefit programs being used by millions of people, but they’re doing so even as the public is leery of drastic changes, and there’s no support outside their own party. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday signaled that he’s less than pleased with Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price’s use of private planes to fly up and down the East Coast.

“I will tell you personally, I’m not happy about it,” Trump told reporters outside the White House when asked about Price’s use of private planes. “I’m going to look at it. I am not happy about it, and I let him know it.”

Asked if Price is “in trouble,” Trump told reporters, “You’ll have to ask senators about that.”

It’s not clear what Trump meant: The House Oversight Committee did send letters to Price and other department heads on Tuesday asking for details on any officials’ use of private or government planes.

Asked later on if he would fire Price, Trump responded, “We’ll see,” as he turned away from reporters to board Marine One.

The White House previously had distanced itself from Price’s use of private planes. Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders noted last week that Price’s mode of transportation was not approved by the White House, and Trump also said last week that he was “looking into” Price’s travel, refraining from defending a member of his Cabinet.

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  1. “In about two weeks”
    On the other hand, Price has a 25th Amendment vote. If Trump fires him, maybe that’s why…

  2. I guess this means that Trump is now Price conscious.

  3. Has Donnie said the magic words?

    You know, “complete confidence”?? When those pop out, you start counting the days…

  4. Avatar for tsp tsp says:

    “We’ll see” simply means that he doesn’t understand the question, and that he needs to fully contemplate what his ratings would be depending on his answer.

  5. Yeah, basically, this means he’d like to fire him, but Gen. Kelly hasn’t yet agreed to do it for him. Plus, he needs to consult with his handlers to see if firing Price exposes him any further on the Russia thing. You know how that all turned out last time…

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