Trump To Reporters: Chief Of Staff John Kelly Is Out

Soon-to-be former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly

I guess it's official - White House Chief of Staff John Kelly is out (very soon).

From The Washington Post:

At the South Lawn on Saturday, President Trump said he’ll announce Kelly’s replacement in the next day or so. Kelly, a retired four-star Marine Corps general, has been the president’s top aide since late July 2017 and has had a rocky tenure.

Trump has chafed at Kelly’s management style and resisted some of his moves to instill discipline in the West Wing and contain chaos. In recent months, the chief of staff’s power has ebbed, and administration policies and decisions have been guided more by the president’s gut instincts than by Kelly’s processes.

Trump is widely expected to poach Vice President Mike Pence's Chief of Staff, Nick Ayres, to replace.

As expected, White House chief of staff John Kelly - the retired four-star Marine Corps general - will leave his job by ther end of the year; President didn't announce a replacement, though 36-year old Nick Ayres, the chief of staff for VP Pence, is said to be the front-runner

— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) December 8, 2018

Among the many takeaways from Kelly not lasting to the 2020 timeline his allies leaked out: Trump's family is going to outlast everyone else who comes through there https://t.co/u9YmYnvTya

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) December 8, 2018

Politico’s @dlippman on reports Chief of Staff John Kelly is heading for the exits after a souring relationship with Trump: “It’s kind of a reminder of what people have told me: Working for the President almost never leads to good things for you.” pic.twitter.com/XeQJOoaYPW

— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) December 8, 2018