Source: Reince Priebus to Be Chief of Staff, Official Announcement Coming; UPDATE: Confirmed
It’s a positive sign that it’s not Steve Bannon.
Reince Priebus will be chief of staff, source who spoke to Trump tells me. Announcement could come in the next half hour
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) November 13, 2016
More if and when it’s official.
UPDATE: New York Times:
President-elect Donald J. Trump on Sunday chose Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee and a loyal campaign adviser, to be his White House chief of staff, turning to a Washington insider whose friendship with the House speaker, Paul D. Ryan, could help secure early legislative victories.
In selecting Mr. Priebus, the president-elect passed over Stephen K. Bannon, the right-wing media mogul who oversaw his presidential campaign. If Mr. Trump had appointed Mr. Bannon, a fierce critic of the Republican establishment, it would have demonstrated a continued disdain for a party that Mr. Trump fought throughout his campaign.
Mr. Trump’s choice is certain to anger some of his most conservative supporters, many of whom expect him to battle the Washington establishment over issues like taxes, immigration, trade, health care and the environment. They view Mr. Priebus as a deal maker who will be too eager to push the new president toward compromise.
In a statement Sunday afternoon, the transition team said Mr. Bannon would serve as the chief strategist and senior counselor in the White House. It emphasized that the two men would work “as equal partners to transform the federal government.”
So there you have it.
Ding.
Patterico (115b1f) — 11/13/2016 @ 1:19 pmthat’s gross
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/13/2016 @ 1:21 pmmaybe he’s gonna be the chief of staff of melania’s eastern european hooker butt
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/13/2016 @ 1:22 pmIf true, who will take Reince’s place?
felipe (023cc9) — 11/13/2016 @ 1:28 pmWasn’t Carly Fiorina mentioned as a possibility at one point?
Patterico (115b1f) — 11/13/2016 @ 1:29 pmugh ugh a thousand ughs
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/13/2016 @ 1:30 pmWell there is this and this.
felipe (023cc9) — 11/13/2016 @ 1:36 pmNothing says “drain the swamp” like hitching your nose ring to Reince Priebus’ leash.
Leviticus (f3fc71) — 11/13/2016 @ 1:37 pmugh it’s been confirmed
what a cowardly choice
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/13/2016 @ 1:37 pmGreetings:
On appropriate occasions, my father would ask, “Where the hell did you get that name ??? Outta the phonebook ???”
11B40 (6abb5c) — 11/13/2016 @ 1:37 pmAt least Trump’s useful idiots can take solace in the fact that he’s retained Bannon to throw them red meat from time to time.
Leviticus (f3fc71) — 11/13/2016 @ 1:39 pmyeah, every Tom, Dick and Harry is named Reince.
felipe (023cc9) — 11/13/2016 @ 1:40 pmDoes anyone know whether Kushner prefers Jamie Dimon to Mnuchin? It’s JPM’s turn to run Treasury, IMO.
Rick Ballard (bca473) — 11/13/2016 @ 1:42 pmSecond link is messed up, sorry-it was to Fox political news.
felipe (023cc9) — 11/13/2016 @ 1:43 pmUPDATE: New York Times:
So there you have it.
Patterico (115b1f) — 11/13/2016 @ 1:46 pmwell what can you say
as a long-time hooker aficionado we have to give Mr. Trump credit for knowing how to pick em
Reince is nothing if not eager to please
but all of a sudden this is boring
just more R trashcans trashing around trashily
go ahead bring on poor snarly pinched-faced carly fetalroehha why the hell not make a picnic out of it
i’ll bring chicken salad
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/13/2016 @ 1:53 pmWho would have made you happy, happy?
Patterico (115b1f) — 11/13/2016 @ 1:54 pmchris christie or scott walker or louie gommie-goms
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/13/2016 @ 1:55 pmtrey gowdy would’ve also been a bold choice
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/13/2016 @ 1:56 pmAnother very talented artist gone… https://youtu.be/6gRnM9CoBlI
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 11/13/2016 @ 1:58 pmreince is an unwashed low-t chamberpot
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/13/2016 @ 1:59 pmbut at least reince didn’t go to harvard
maybe i can work with this after the disappointment fades a bit
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:01 pmI think that’s good. If he had appointed a bunch of zealots, he would end up like Obama–short term success, long term disaster. Obama destroyed his party to pass Obamacare, and his radical chic persona appeals to about 10% of the electorate paved the way for Bernie and Trump.
Patricia (5fc097) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:03 pmthe much younger Mr. Priebus, 44, is regarded for his low profile and humility
no he’s not
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:04 pmI agree with this appointment. It was explained yesterday that the person has to know all the levers in the Washington machine to succeed at this job. And it is a thankless task not many would be good at. But an important one.
jd2 (47d6c6) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:06 pmWow, happyfoot sure is an unhappy camper today!
Someone needs a nap.
kinlaw (536646) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:12 pmI think Bannon should have become WH Spokesman or Press Secretary or whatever it is that you’reJoshingmeyoucan’tbe Earnest is now.
It would at least be entertaining.
So now we have the Head Alligator (a term picked up on the cable news) as chief engineer of the Swamp Drainage project, counterbalanced by the Troll in Chief, with none knowing which way Dear Leader actually tends. I expect much infighting and enough backstabbing to make a Byzantine courtier’s head spin.
Kishnevi (d7d2b1) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:14 pm@5. Her hame was floated. But it’s a good bet she’s on a list in the mix someplace. He runs a business. She ran one- albeit into the ground. But the skill set and experience makes good ground for communication and working together. She’ll probably get offered a spot someplace– and placate angry feminists as a sidecar.
DCSCA (797bc0) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:14 pmyes yes i’m putting myself in timeout on this topic
but i am very disappointed
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:21 pmObama had 5 chiefs of staff in his 8 years, and they were largely DC establishment guys (like Priebus, only from the DNC side) who didn’t seem to seem to have that much influence over Obama’s policies and decisions.
But Obama only had 4 senior advisers and these are the people that we’ve learned that influenced Obama’s policy decisions: David Plouffe, David Axelrod, Valerie Jarrett, and Daniel Pfeiffer. This is Bannon’s role.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:26 pmThat should make happyfeet happy. Me, not so much.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:26 pmThis is one of the reasons I was not #NeverTrump: Trump doesn’t have any people and is going to need the rest of the GOP to staff the government. Hillary had plenty of people and they’d stay in until the Last Judgment.
I don’t think this is a bad thing, but I can see some of the #MAGA faction being a little disappointed. Leaving these kinds of positions completely empty, and then seeing what fails to break, and then eliminating those positions six months later would have been a very bold libertarian move, but Trump is pretty far from a libertarian.
A lot of people were hoping for a GOP civil war, but it’s not happening. The mutual amnesty is underway. Let the Left form the circular firing squads for once.
Gabriel Hanna (4f5ff1) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:28 pmI see Bannon and Roger Stone and maybe Corey Lewandowski as Trump’s go-to advisers.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:28 pmTrump is saving his battles and bullets for conservatives.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:29 pm“Draining the swamp” referred to cleaning up pay for play corruption.
Anybody accuse Priebus of being on the take? So he wouldn’t be the head alligator.
He’s more an arboreal creature swinging branch to branch in the mangrove canopy.
papertiger (c8116c) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:38 pmyes yes all up in the mangrove
that’s where you’ll find rincella
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:40 pmLook happyfeet dammit. You knew shit like this would happen. He just got elected. I who was no fan in anyway am willing, even happy to let him surprise me. I think there’s a better than 50/50 shot. I did not think that two weeks ago.
Relax. This is gonna be like building an office building. Look at the final result.
Just don’t fuck up the court stuff Trump. That would piss me off.
Donald (2c90e9) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:40 pmThis is a smart move. Trump is going to give the GOP no excuses this time.
Think about it.
LBascom (d82ccd) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:41 pmyes yes it’s very shrewd
i see that now
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:42 pmBannon and Priebus will be “equal partners”
So, the man who claims that Breitbart provides the alt-right a platform and th head of the RNC will be equal in power and position.
Dana (d17a61) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:46 pmThe RNC kept its side of the bargain wrt GOTV efforts. Priebus is a solid pick for the first year. I’m curious as to the Congressional liaisons because Priebus is going to have to help them out when Congress asserts its actual functions.
Trump should smooth any feathers ruffled by the appointment by asking for the resignations of all US Attorneys be submitted prior to January 20.
Rick Ballard (bca473) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:47 pmWe still don’t know why Lewandowski quit CNN?…
Dana (d17a61) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:47 pmexactly the only way Mr. Trump could keep Mr. Bannon was to go to adopt-a-pet and get a fancy reince poodle for balance
Mr. Trump is so smart
i get it now
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:48 pmcnn LOL
are they still a thing
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/13/2016 @ 2:49 pmThis was a good choice for DJT. He had to have a significant GOP insider whom he could trust implicitly as CoS. The only other plausible person would have been Conway.
The biggest key will be how DJT chooses to deploy Pence. If he unleashes him to run his legislative program in Congress, it would be pretty great. Reince would not win any internal showdowns with Pence.
Another enormous consideration is how to ferret out the many saboteur flag officers and Chiefs in the Pentagon, and the similar cadre at State. Where is a Rumsfeld to be found?
Ed from SFV (3400a5) — 11/13/2016 @ 3:02 pmBy the way, has anyone else noticed that neither Obama or Hillary have said a word to condemn all the riots over the election?
I guess the MSM isn’t QUITE ready for honest journalism yet…
LBascom (d82ccd) — 11/13/2016 @ 3:03 pmThis looks like a good choice. Priebus can work with personalities, and Lord knows that Chief of Staff has to be someone who can herd cats.
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 11/13/2016 @ 3:10 pmAlso, Priebus is friends with Paul Ryan, and could become a useful conduit to the Speaker.
Chief of Staff is not a position for a firebrand such as Bannon. (See “Don Regan” as a past example.)
Chief of Staff is also definitely NOT a position where one “drains the swamp.” It’s a position requiring management, organization, and communication.
A Conduit to the Speaker
a memoir
Reince Priebus
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/13/2016 @ 3:21 pmPresident-elect Donald Trump announced on Sunday that Stephen K. Bannon will be the White House Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor
LBascom (d82ccd) — 11/13/2016 @ 3:22 pmI think Priebus is sharp enough to avoid personal direct contact with Ryan for a few months. The Congressional liaisons should be the ones carrying the news back to Trump, Priebus should then pick the Schoolhouse Rock video which best explains what happened in order to help the President understand why he won’t be getting what he wants.
Rick Ballard (bca473) — 11/13/2016 @ 3:24 pmyou don’t even know
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/13/2016 @ 3:31 pmRyan might not even be the next speaker.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/11/good-news-anti-trump-hillary-supporter-paul-ryan-may-not-218-votes-speaker/
LBascom (d82ccd) — 11/13/2016 @ 3:46 pmpraise wisconsin jesus
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/13/2016 @ 3:46 pmbetter late than never:
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/11/ctrll_the_left_loses_its_unremitting_fight_for_control.html
narciso (d1f714) — 11/13/2016 @ 4:07 pmHis real name is Reinhold.
nk (dbc370) — 11/13/2016 @ 4:14 pmTeh Goldilocks Effect…
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 11/13/2016 @ 4:15 pm.By the way, has anyone else noticed that neither Obama or Hillary have said a word to condemn all the riots over the election?
Hillary is pissed that they didn’t vote for her. These are the folks who voted for Bernie and then did not for her.
The question, I suppose, is why hasn’t Bernie spoken up?
BTW,when did Gateway Pundit become popup heaven?
Kishnevi (f594bb) — 11/13/2016 @ 4:29 pmI’m not sure, now huelskamp was elbowed out of the way, so he may have harsh feelings for ryan,
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/11/11/exclusive-rep-huelskamp-speaker-ryan-does-not-have-218-votes/
narciso (d1f714) — 11/13/2016 @ 4:40 pmThe biggest promotion is Melania’s. She went from third wife to First Lady.
nk (dbc370) — 11/13/2016 @ 4:55 pmyou’re looking for the hounds to loosed on you, aren’t you nk, btw was zorba also a kazantzakis project,
narciso (d1f714) — 11/13/2016 @ 4:59 pmBy the way, has anyone else noticed that neither Obama or Hillary have said a word to condemn all the riots over the election?
What could they say? The rioters are simply telling the truth when they say Trump is not their President. Their president is Enrique Peña Nieto.
nk (dbc370) — 11/13/2016 @ 4:59 pmor more precisely, the modern equivalent of the kyp
narciso (d1f714) — 11/13/2016 @ 5:01 pmthis is a paramount issue.
http://nypost.com/2016/11/12/trump-needs-to-make-heads-roll-at-the-cia-and-fbi/
narciso (d1f714) — 11/13/2016 @ 5:04 pmIt was a Kazantzakis novel, narciso. Dark as hell like all Kazantzakis’s stuff.
nk (dbc370) — 11/13/2016 @ 5:05 pmSo what else was the Trumpcult expecting anyway?
gwjd (032bef) — 11/13/2016 @ 5:06 pmPriebus. And Bannon?!
A staph infection. Obamacare, stat!
“I’m Dr. Jekyll, actually, and this is my friend, Mr. Hyde.” – Hawkeye Pierce [Donald Sutherland] ‘MASH’ – 1970
DCSCA (797bc0) — 11/13/2016 @ 5:09 pmhe’ll make them wish for bolton’s return,
http://nypost.com/2016/11/13/gay-foreign-affairs-guru-on-trumps-list-for-un-ambassador/
narciso (d1f714) — 11/13/2016 @ 5:11 pmDid you see where USAToday waded into the rental mob to show that brick throwers and sob sisters were just concerned citizens like you or I?
Every name they named was a paid professional ashole for hire.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-13/anti-trump-protests-proof-professional-activist-involvement
papertiger (c8116c) — 11/13/2016 @ 5:34 pmif bannon, is more in charge of policy,
https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/11/next-great-battle-for-conservatives-keeping-rino-insiders-out-of-the-administration
narciso (d1f714) — 11/13/2016 @ 5:37 pmSo they are going to depose Trump and put in Pence!
nk (dbc370) — 11/13/2016 @ 5:39 pmno, but you want to make sure the top men, the cve supporters don’t get in, in the reagan administration deaver was the conduit for establishment types, and baker was the trojan horse, this created problems in central america, arms control among other,
narciso (d1f714) — 11/13/2016 @ 5:57 pmNote for papertiger
Kishnevi (f594bb) — 11/13/2016 @ 6:04 pmHorowitz in narciso’s link at 69 defines draining the swamp the same way I do.
personnel is policy, this is why roger’s even titular head is concerning, casey restocked the company, after turner’s purge, whereas w let the mutineers linger,
narciso (d1f714) — 11/13/2016 @ 6:07 pmof course, they can always start leaking to their preferred publications, like kappes, sulick, grenier, did to time, newsweak, and the new yorker,
narciso (d1f714) — 11/13/2016 @ 6:10 pmI’d like to caution conservatives that there is a reason the country has been constantly ratcheted left for decades. They have a bad habit of rejecting the good for lack of being perfect. If they don’t get everything all at once, they will take nothing instead. It would be nice for a change if Republicans would focus on the positive and encourage more of it instead of obsessing on what they lack at the moment and tearing each other up over that. We are very easily distracted by finding fault and fighting each other because of it, instead of building ourselves up on the positive.
I suggest we all relax, let the man pick his team, and see where things go, putting on a unified front and stress the good things happening. Then maybe, just maybe, we can start to persuade more people we aren’t the party of fault finding curmudgeons constantly unhappy with everything.
I’m not saying be pollyannish, just that if we want to come together as a unified nation again, confident, good natured optimism will probably work better than being hyper critical all the time, especially to our own side.
Just a thought…
LBascom (d82ccd) — 11/13/2016 @ 7:09 pmThat’s a fascinating psychological analysis of conservatives, LBascom. So conservatives are rigid, easily distracted, bad-tempered, hypercritical, unhappy fault-finding curmudgeons, and pessimists. Did I miss anything? How about annoying and judgmental?
DRJ (15874d) — 11/13/2016 @ 7:38 pmThis is the same road I’ve seen our side trot down before. Senator Larry Craig hounded out of office just in time to had the democrats the thinest majority to shove Obamacare through.
We have the winning hand now. The only way we lose is if we start shooting ourselves in the foot.
papertiger (c8116c) — 11/13/2016 @ 8:45 pmbannon, is the visionary, priebus is the tactician, it’s a good division of labor,
narciso (d1f714) — 11/13/2016 @ 8:55 pmDRJ – I’m back in the fold, so to speak, now that I can give more time to enjoying being here … and I find LBascom’s #75 to be basically sensible … it seems an appropriate response to what has gone on for the past year and more …
The whole NeverTrumper vs TrumperCuzJust*NO*ToHillary after Trump became the nominee within the conservative side just didn’t make sense to me … we dodged a *big* bullet on Tuesday …
I have to agree that good-natured optimism is what we need at this moment, ready to trust-yet-verify while President-Elect Trump is setting up his line-up for his Cabinet and while the incoming Congresscritters get ready to approve (or not) … once the policies start to be written down as official, *then* we have something upon which to base our responses …
The worst thing we can do is to allow ourselves to actually *believe* what the major media try to feed us ! When major media tries to divide Republicans and conservatives, we should *know* better than to allow them to succeed !
alastor (2e7f9f) — 11/13/2016 @ 8:57 pmsee this ‘hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil’ policy is at fault, and many of the folks that are of concern corker (chattanooga shooting) mccaul (haney witchhunt) et al, abide by it,
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37969820
narciso (d1f714) — 11/13/2016 @ 9:08 pmHilarious
SPQR (a3a747) — 11/13/2016 @ 9:57 pmas a previous target of fitz, who played favorites with radler, as he did armitage,
http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/conrad-black-its-morning-in-america
narciso (d1f714) — 11/13/2016 @ 10:07 pmhumor is a commentariat which has looked askance at khalidi and wright, now utterly missing the point,
https://twitter.com/RonColeman/status/797997002093133824?lang=en
narciso (d1f714) — 11/13/2016 @ 10:17 pmnothing to see here,
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/international/304512-fast-and-furious-time-to-connect-the-dots
narciso (d1f714) — 11/13/2016 @ 10:18 pmwe have to relax and let Mr. Trump pick his team
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/13/2016 @ 11:53 pm