The White House’s former director of legislative affairs, Marc Short, will return to the Trump administration as Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, The New York Times first reported Tuesday, citing an unnamed person familiar with the matter. Axios confirmed the report citing unnamed sources with direct knowledge.
Pence’s former chief of staff, the exceptionally swampy Nick Ayers, resigned at the end of last year after reportedly turning down an offer from the President to be White House chief of staff. Pence’s deputy chief of staff, Jarrod Agen, has been running things since Ayers left, Axios reported.
Short, the Times noted, served as Pence’s chief of staff when Pence was a congressman and during the 2016 Trump campaign. Short also has deep ties within the Koch brothers’ machine of political organizations.
After he resigned in July, Short was employed as an on-air commentator on CNN, a fellow at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center for Public Affairs — which prompted professor resignations from the center — and a consultant for private interests.
I guess he discovered that this administration’s vets don’t do so well in the private sector because their reputations are (What’s the technical term for it? Ah yes … shit!) shit after working for Trump.
I guess he couldn’t get that private sector job at the Bun 'n Run after working for Fat Ass.
Curious where the origins (who pushed or pulled) of this move are. Seems like 1 or 2 reasons - which do not seem compatible to me.
a) From Pence folks, or nervous GOP folks for positioning Pence to take over if/when Trump falls; or
b) From Trump folks to keep a close “loyalty” eye on Pence so that he doesn’t make moves.
I would lean towards a), but, I recall the stories floating around back in December where one of the recursive themes of Trumps blurty questions to anyone near by was whether that person (whoever was standing there) thought Pence was really loyal.
Last comment - some of these political tools just can’t cut it in the world outside of RW politics. (Cue the Womp Womps)
Pence’s first task for Short: “Measure for new drapes and make it look like you were only joking.”
Koch Brothers making their move? Stock portfolios looking a bit shaky these days, and that won’t do.