Meadows May Be Auditioning To Be Chief Of Staff As Trump Cools On Mulvaney

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) has been spending an awful lot of time with President Donald Trump lately, sparking speculation that he’s angling for Mick Mulvaney’s acting chief of staff job.

According to the Washington Examiner, Meadows has recently traveled with Trump to New York and Kentucky, two trips to which he had no personal connection.

Meadows has also really been putting his shoulder into delegitimizing the impeachment inquiry, delivering the bombastic cable news performances Trump so loves.

Trump is also rumored to be souring on Mulvaney, ever since the acting chief of staff gave a less than satisfactory performance at a press conference last month. Mulvaney has also been increasingly implicated in the Ukraine pressure campaign as more witnesses testify.

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  1. Where does the conga line of ass kissing sycophants for Donnie end??

  2. Avatar for sanni sanni says:

    Imagine finding your current prospects to dead-ending (perpetual minority), that the idea of auditioning to be Trump’s Chief of Staff makes sense to you.

    Boggles the mind.

    Then again - he has well earned all of the ceaseless indignities he would be dealt if he were to move into this position.

  3. Ah, so Meadows also wants to resign his cushy job and retreat with his career in tatters and reputation (such as it is) ruined to spend more time with his family.

  4. he’s angling for Mick Mulvaney’s acting chief of staff job

    Maybe he knows he’ll do a much better job than all previous holders of the office, put together.

  5. Avatar for sanni sanni says:

    Back to the entry to Hell?

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