Who proceeded Reince Priebus every president finds out, the hard way, you cannot govern effectively without empowering white house chief first among equals in the white house to execute your agenda. Importantly to tell you what you dont want to hear. Host with those two qualities in mind, who do you think served that role best and how would you apply them to Reince Priebus the current chiefs of staff . Guest almost everybody would agree that james a. Baker iii Ronald Reagan first chiefs of staff he was comfortable in his own skin. He was not only somebody able to execute reagans agenda. He can walk in the oval office a and close the door. Say mr. President , look, you cannot go down this road for the following reasons. Trust me. It wont work. He could tell Ronald Reagan what he didnt want to hear. Host this depends on a president willing to receive that information . Guest thats true. Whats clear so far from the trump white house, is that that donald trump has not empowered his white h