Friday, April 7, 2017

The Political Page, Part 2, T+76 -- April 7, 2017

White House shuffle? Trump eyes new chief of staff; House leader on short list -- Axios. Broad shakeup of White House, rumors:
  • replace Chief of Staff Reince Priebus
  • departure of chief strategist Steve Bannon ("nonsense" -- Bannon)
  • short list of those being considered for chief of staff:
    • House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)
    • Gary Cohn, former #2 at Goldman Sachs; has built considerable clout; rumored to be behind departure of Bannon; among the "Democrats" in the West Wing
    • others from private sector but GOP insiders
"This is what a commander-in-chief looks like." -- Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior, from Montana; good for him. His wiki pic (I doubt he got to pick his pic):


Zinke was the first Navy SEAL to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

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