Exclusive: Trump eyes new chief of staff; House Leader on short list

[brooklynite]

Source: Axios

President Trump is considering a broad shakeup of his White House that could include the replacement of White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and the departure of chief strategist Steve Bannon, aides and advisers tell us.

A top aide to Trump said he's contemplating major changes, but that the situation is very fluid and the timing uncertain: "Things are happening, but it's very unclear the president's willing to pull that trigger."

Insiders tell me that the possibilities for chief of staff include:

-House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who developed a bond with Trump as one of the earlier congressional leaders to support him, and remains a confidant.
-Wayne Berman of Blackstone Group, a Washington heavy-hitter who was an Assistant Secretary of Commerce under President George H.W. Bush, and a key adviser on eight presidential campaigns.
-David Urban of the Washington advisory firm American Continental Group, and a former chief of staff to the late Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.). Urban helped Trump win an upset victory in Pennsylvania, and was in constant cellphone contact with the candidate throughout the campaign.
-Gary Cohn, Trump's economic adviser and the former #2 at Goldman Sachs, who has built a formidable team and internal clout.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/exclusive-trump-eyes-new-chief-of-staff-house-leader-on-short-list-2349015716.html

[ColemanMaskell]

1. Pulling the replacement from Congress would be great - create a runoff election for the vacated seat

[Ligyron]

4. Damn, beat me to it.

[brooklynite]

14. Don't get your hopes up: this is a Safe Republican seat

Your chances are better with Issa or Rohrbacher.

[ColemanMaskell]

23. My hopes are always up, and there are no truly safe seats, just less at risk.

There was, prior to Thursday night, a lot of anti-Trump sentiment going around, and who knows how far it could reach. Also money tends to pour into these special elections these days, and that influences things. Thursday night made the Republican seats a bit safer for now though, unfortunately. Still, hope springs eternal.

[BannonsLiver]

25. +1

Optimism is a good thing. Glad you're not letting anyone shit on that.

[Ligyron]

2. I nominate McCarthy.

That way there's a possibility Dems can pick up another seat.

[patricia92243]

3. I assume Jarad is cleaning house - getting rid of Bannon the same way he got rid of Christie.

I have no idea who he (Jarad) would want as COS.

[Scarsdale]

5. Himself?

Or maybe the vapid Ivanka?

[Rural_Progressive]

6. Hey wait a second!!

Did I miss something? Has Bannon actually left? Last time I checked in on the horrible soap opera that is our current administration he'd just been removed from the NSC?

He's really truly gone?

[drray23]

8. he is likely on his way out

He has not left yet but he cant possibly last that long. He retaliated his demotion from the NSC by getting breitbart to publish negative stories about Jared. Trump is not going to like him attacking his family members. I bet he is out within a couple weeks.

[Hortensis]

21. I like the one that claimed Jared is so close to Bannon

that he wanted to remove the wall between their offices. Of course it's been a while since I've been there.

[hibbing]

7. "developed a bond with Trump" talk about barf inducing n/t

[FSogol]

12. They both discovered they like to get peed on?

[Marcuse]

9. The clear choice.

[Scarsdale]

17. Screwie Louie?

To find the craziest gop member, there would be strong competition. How about $arah PayMe. she needs a job.

[Honeycombe8]

10. In other words, someone from "the swamp" might become Chief of Staff?

Goldman Sachs? A House representative? Blackstone Group?

[Javaman]

11. I see this happening with the orange menace every 2 to 3 months.

government in chaos.

we are a cartoon.

[FSogol]

13. Yup, a government of NEXT!

[FakeNoose]

15. Ivanka is checking with Pootie right now

I'm sure she'll let her Dad know.

[DeminPennswoods]

16. Priebus and Bannon have presided over a disaster

Both of these, shall we say, "hapless goobers" have created one disaster after another. They have managed to make their boss' popularity plummet by the day. The only network Trump can watch is Fox News otherwise he's seeing non-stop bashing. Even his campaign style rallies are diminishing in size.

We all know how Trump is by now. You don't make him look bad and survive his wrath.

[Scarsdale]

18. No help needed

tRump is a disaster of unprecedented proportions. Maybe Mrs. tRump's father, the Communist who lives at the Tower and Mar-A-Lago, would fit the qualifications??

[librechik]

19. more millionaire cronies.

Goldman Sachs again

[stuffmatters]

20. MCCarthy cannot put sentences together or verbalize a coherent thought. Choose him!!

It was why he wasn't able to ascend to Speaker of the House. Really, lots of documentation, he's got a real incapacity.

Before public office, McCarty's professional experience was limited to owning a froyo shop in Bakersfield that he bought by winning the lottery. That's what I hear from a friend in Bakersfield.

I'm sure Donald likes him because he "looks" right..also these two probably enjoy incoherently babbling at each other, maybe even about how they both "lucked" into business, T by birth, Mc by lottery ticket..

[adigal]

22. I hope he picks someone from the House. Ironic, cause Priebus is probably the only person

in his inner circle who has a clue how DC works.
Pence was supposed to be the great legislator and governor, and the White House is still a huge dumpster fire. Putting in a Goldman Sachs or Wall St guy? Man, could Trump be any stupider????
Don't answer that.

[Vinca]

24. Kevin McCarthy would be a perfect fit. He's dumb as a stump.

[Wellstone ruled]

26. Wall Street and the Chamber of Commerce

are making their moves. They want their Trillion Dollar Pay day. When you see Players from Blackstone,Goldman-Sachs and other Money Barons,the die is cast. They will salvage Pence and dump Trump to save their agenda.

These Guy's see the hand writing on the wall and it is Recession,and high unemployment on the Horizon,and they want their Money before that goes down. All of the Draft Tax proposals will be retroactive to Jan 1,2017.

[Alice11111]

28. Why do you think there will be a recession? Interest rate

[Wellstone ruled]

29. People are scared to death of this POS

that wants to be King. Remember the dynamics of the past election. 3 Million more Dem votes over Rethugs,and the Dem base has a higher per capita earning power. Couple of things seem to be happening,people are spending less out of fear of what will this so called dick wad will do next. And when they do make a purchase,it is mostly essentials .

[Alice11111]

30. Yes, but every time he says "tax cut," "repatriation"or "deregulation,"

the markets go up, and blew off whatever stunningly astonishing other stupid things he does.

[Wellstone ruled]

33. Funny how that works.

87% of all Stock trades are done by Computer Algorithms. These Algo's are tweaked to capture statements like you mentioned. If you doubt,watch CNBC,the Street Nick Name for this Station is,the Day Traders Network,meaning the on Air Talent will telegraph trades and tips. The Algo's will move the Market accordingly.

If you want to really know what is happening,ask a friend who works the Grocery Retail Business. Someone who has been around for a while,they know by the Sales Ticket Average and the Traffic Counts.

[Alice11111]

34. Interesting. I watch the Options show on CNBC when I can

though they really dumb it down, more than it used to be, so it's not as useful as it used to be. There are sometimes a couple of sharp people there.
I used to day trade. Very Intense and time consuming, but less risky if done properly.

Yeah, I guess the computer's are picking up the words that suggest market confidence. 87pc is scary. The Repubs don't care about much except tax cuts and bank Deregulation. There are many traders who are repulsed by DT too, though there are also many who are the typical Repub greedy bastards who think they are better, in a higher class, because they are rich...and they want to maintain class divisions.

[Wellstone ruled]

36. Stayed away from the Day Trade.

Seen to many People burned in the early Nineties during the dot-bomb bust.

There are the Twins on that one that know what they are doing. Their Farther was one of the first in the Options Trading business. Not bad for a Heart Surgeon.

[Alice11111]

37. They are political sell outs though. Trumpsters for

Their pocketbooks.

[Wellstone ruled]

38. Yes they are.

Every talking head on CNBC is either a Hedge Fund Operator or was a Hedgie or they were a Investment Banker from one of the Majors on Wall Street. The Twins run Options Monster with other family members.

[underpants]

27. Can't Jared do it?

He can do anything, especially since he's lost all that weight.

[Alice11111]

35. Why did he lose weight? How much? I didn't know. Maybe

he wants to distinguish himself from "dad."

[Goprox]

31. What wet need is a new president

Trump should replace himself.

[rzemanfl]

32. Welcome to DU. You may want to get rid of that stray "t." n/t

[Baconator]

39. All of those guys should say "Thanks but no thanks"

If they're smart...