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Reince Priebus to be Donald Trump's White House chief of staff, say reports Reince Priebus to be Donald Trump's White House chief of staff, say reports
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Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, is expected to be named as President-elect Donald Trump’s White House Chief of Staff.Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, is expected to be named as President-elect Donald Trump’s White House Chief of Staff.
Politico reporter Marc Caputo tweeted that a source who had spoken to Mr Trump told him Mr Priebus had been picked for the role — from a shortlist that reportedly also included Steve Bannon, the controversial Breitbart supremo brought in to run the triumphant Trump presidential campaign in its final weeks.Politico reporter Marc Caputo tweeted that a source who had spoken to Mr Trump told him Mr Priebus had been picked for the role — from a shortlist that reportedly also included Steve Bannon, the controversial Breitbart supremo brought in to run the triumphant Trump presidential campaign in its final weeks.
The Trump campaign said publicly that it was close to making a decision on who would fill the post, with campaign manager Kellyanne Conway telling reporters on Sunday that the President-elect “can’t go wrong” with whomever he picks.
Mr Priebus’s appointment suggests Mr Trump is prepared to work closely with the Republican establishment to craft and execute his agenda, a signal that will reassure congressional GOP leaders, but which also threatens to anger voters to whom Mr Trump promised a break from business as usual.Mr Priebus’s appointment suggests Mr Trump is prepared to work closely with the Republican establishment to craft and execute his agenda, a signal that will reassure congressional GOP leaders, but which also threatens to anger voters to whom Mr Trump promised a break from business as usual.
Grassroots conservative group the Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund warned Mr Trump against appointing a “Washington insider” to be his White House enforcer. “Appointing Reince Priebus (or any other DC establishment insider) would make it more difficult, not less, for President Trump to achieve the change the people voted for,” Jenny Beth Martin, the group’s co-founder of TPPCF, told CNN on Friday. “It's time to drain the swamp — not promote insiders beholden to the Washington establishment who helped create it.”Grassroots conservative group the Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund warned Mr Trump against appointing a “Washington insider” to be his White House enforcer. “Appointing Reince Priebus (or any other DC establishment insider) would make it more difficult, not less, for President Trump to achieve the change the people voted for,” Jenny Beth Martin, the group’s co-founder of TPPCF, told CNN on Friday. “It's time to drain the swamp — not promote insiders beholden to the Washington establishment who helped create it.”
The RNC Chairman, a Wisconsin native, has close personal relationships with fellow Midwesterners Mike Pence and Paul Ryan, the vice president-elect and House Speaker respectively. Mr Priebus, a 44-year-old Wisconsin native, has close personal relationships with fellow Midwesterners Mike Pence and Paul Ryan, the vice president-elect and House Speaker respectively.
He was said to be favoured for the key administration job by Mr Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, the owner of the New York Observer, who also took a central role in overseeing his father-in-law’s campaign. Elected to his current role in 2010, he is now the longest-serving RNC Chairman in the party’s history. He also embraced Mr Trump while other party grandees maintained their distance from the businessman’s divisive campaign. During his election night victory speech, Mr Trump described Mr Preibus as “a superstar”.
The former lawyer was said to be favoured for the key administration post by Mr Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, the owner of the New York Observer, who also took a central role in overseeing his father-in-law’s campaign.