President Trump ousted his beleaguered chief of staff, Reince Priebus, naming Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly to replace him Friday in the latest White House shake-up as the administration struggles to emerge from bitter staff infighting and a stalled legislative agenda. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House spokeswoman, said that Trump had been in talks with Kelly “for a while” about moving to the White House. Trump’s unconventional management style made Priebus’ job running the White House especially difficult. He also called the then-chief of staff a “paranoid schizophrenic.”Rather than reprimand Scaramucci or publicly defend Priebus, Trump sat back. The White House spokeswoman declined to say Thursday whether Priebus had the president’s full confidence.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 28, 2017 20:58 UTC