Fire 'em all, Donny! There's still gonna be this inescapable stench seeping out of a White House that's rotting from the inside out—because you inhabit it.
Anyway, Don has given chief of staff Reince Priebus until July 4 to make everything right, or else! (Reince should be so lucky.) Tara Palmeri at Politico writes:
Days after his return from his first foreign trip late last month, Trump berated Priebus in the Oval Office in front of his former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and deputy campaign manager David Bossie for the dysfunction in the White House, according to multiple sources familiar with the conversation.
This is management at its best! Berating a current employee in front of others (who aren't even on staff, but you're hoping to hire). A twofer! What an innovative way to inspire loyalty while wooing new hires.
Trump had been mulling bringing on Bossie as his deputy White House chief of staff and Lewandowski as a White House senior adviser with a portfolio that includes Russia, but told the two at that meeting that they would not be joining the White House until Priebus had a fair chance to clean up shop, according to the sources.
At the top of the list: Russia! Of course, Trump's most treasured issue. It's great that he's zeroed in on something so quickly, kinda like Obama homing in on insuring millions more Americans.
"I'm giving you until July 4," Trump said, according to a person with knowledge of the conversation.
"I don't want them to come into this mess. If I'm going to clean house, they will come in as fresh blood."
There's nothing like the smell of chum in the water to bring more sharks to the scene of the kill, and that's definitely what this White House needs: more sharks.
Of course, press secretary Sean Spicer disputes all of this, saying that whoever spun this tale is "either a liar or out of the loop." Thanks for all that inside intel, Spicey—you're next!
Then again, Trump's been talking about a "shakeup" for about as long as he's been in the job. His first "deadline" for Priebus was the 100-day mark. Now, he's fixated on July 4 because Mitch McConnell is hoping to vote on a health care bill by then. Problem is, Trump will have to fill the post of anyone he fires and, guess what? Hardly anybody wants to work for Don. Unless they fancy the idea of jail time. If that’s the case, then bring it!