President Donald Trump had long made clear the qualities he was looking for in his next chief of staff. Mulvaney accepted — and even kept his current position as director of the Office of Management and Budget. Mulvaney "will let Trump be Trump," Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who knows both men well, said in an interview Saturday. Having grown increasingly weary of aides who would tell him no, Trump felt aligned with the man he had appointed OMB director. It is unclear how extensively Mulvaney plans to reorganize the White House.

Source: ABC News December 15, 2018 22:45 UTC