Earlier today reports surfaced that President Trump is going to fire Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. Apparently, this is not the only change President Trump is looking to make. Sources have also said that John Kelly could also be replaced by Trump.
According to ABC News:
President Donald Trump is considering yet another shakeup of his administration, preparing to remove Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and looking at possible replacements for Chief of Staff John Kelly, including Vice President Mike Pence’s Chief of Staff Nick Ayers, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
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Meanwhile, Kelly’s job is also uncertain and his fate has been in question for some time. Sources tell ABC News that within the last few weeks, the president has once again discussed Kelly’s fate with many of his top advisers; Kelly has continued to grow distant with the president, sources said.
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Trump has expressed significant interest in Ayers with sources describing the 36-year-old as the leading candidate to take over as Trump’s chief of staff. Some sources close to the president describe Ayers taking Kelly’s place as a “done deal” while others caution nothing is certain until the president says so.
Ayers has become close with the president and in the last week and has met with him about taking the job. Multiple sources say the president and Ayers had an extended conversation on election night in the White House while watching returns. Ayers’ role as the right-hand man to Pence over the past year has put him in close proximity during some of the key moments of the Trump presidency. Multiple sources tell ABC News Ayers has also grown close to the president’s family, particularly Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, in recent months.
President Trump is reportedly not happy with Kelly’s political acumen and has been impressed with Ayers’ attention to detail in his political strategy. The White House has yet to respond to these new reports.
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