President Donald Trump announced that Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) will be his new White House chief of staff Friday night. His predecessor, Mick Mulvaney, will become special envoy to northern Ireland.
….I want to thank Acting Chief Mick Mulvaney for having served the Administration so well. He will become the United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 7, 2020
The decision isn’t wholly out of the blue — Meadows decided not to run for reelection back in December, hinting that he’d serve the President in a “different capacity.”
Meadows, a founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, has long been a staunch and vocal Trump ally.
Meanwhile, Trump had become increasingly discontented with Mulvaney amid his impeachment woes. Mulvaney’s self-immolation started burning in earnest after a disastrous press conference where he tacitly agreed with the premise that Trump’s interactions with Ukraine amounted to a quid pro quo.
“Get over it,” he told reporters. “There’s going to be political influence in foreign policy.” He later tried to walk the comments back.
Meadows will last a quick Trump 10 minutes.
The WH Chief of Staff role (historically) required savvy, people skills and spinning 40 plates at a time. These traits are not in Meadows’ wheelhouse.
File under “Jesus Christ, Americans just want to be able to go to the bar and have a beer one fucking night without Donald Trump running through the china shop and breaking and shitting on everything”
I hope you have trumpy fun, Mark. ETTD.
I knew that Mark Meadows was stupid, but I didn’t think he was THAT stupid!
He’s a Republican. So…
Apologies in advance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_04ZrNroTo