After Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, Nick Ayers, unexpectedly turned down the job, the Trump administration has been scrambling to find a suitable replacement for White House chief of staff John Kelly.
According to Washington Post and New York Times reports, here’s the list they’re working with.
- Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC)
- Acting attorney general Matt Whitaker
- Former deputy Trump campaign manager David Bossie
- White House counselor Kellyanne Conway
- Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie
- Energy Secretary Rick Perry
- Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum
- Blackstone executive Wayne Berman
Some others who were considered, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, have expressed no interest in taking the punishing job.
Disasters (White House perspective):
Disasters (CoS candidate’s perspective):
(Incidentally, Trump has also asked a third Rick, the president of the Yankees.)
Please let it be Santorum. He’d piss himself on day 2 and be a crying mess by the first week. But I’d love to see him actually have to hold a job instead of just being a paid Fox loudmouth. (Can you tell I’m from Pa?)
Rick Perry, obviously. He has the right levels of confidence and brains.
Kellyanne is good but why aren’t they considering Daffy Duck? So unfair to ducks.
They did try:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26VAi9xhZKI