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July 31, 2017

Trump Replaces Chief of Staff Priebus with DHS Head John Kelly
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In a major shake-up in the White House, President Trump has ousted his
chief of staff, Reince Priebus, only days after Trump's new
communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, railed against Priebus in
an expletive-laden phone call with New Yorker correspondent Ryan Lizza.
During the call, Scaramucci called Priebus an "f—ing paranoid
schizophrenic." He also attacked Trump's chief strategist, Steve Bannon,
accusing him of trying to suck his own ****. And Scaramucci said "I want
to f—ing kill all the leakers." Following this rant, Trump decided
to keep Scaramucci and replace Priebus with former General John Kelly,
who is currently the head of the Department of Homeland Security.

President Donald Trump: "Reince is a good man. John Kelly will do a
fantastic job. General Kelly has been a star, done an incredible job
thus far, respected by everybody-a great, great American. Reince
Priebus, a good man. Thank you very much."

General Kelly is taking over as Trump's chief of staff today. As head of
DHS, Kelly has presided over Trump's promised immigration crackdown,
with the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency launching major
raids against undocumented immigrants. ICE has also been accused of
specifically targeting undocumented activists for arrest and possible
deportation. Deputy Secretary Elaine Duke has been named acting
secretary of DHS, until Trump makes a new appointment who will then have
to be confirmed by the Senate.