makes him comfortable. and, again, he came in, we talked about this in the past, he came in without a real political team. governmental team because he was never in government. so it was sort of amish mosh of people from all over the place and some of it didn t work out, including some holdovers which we have a new secretary departing today, in shulkin. so i think that it s up to the president. and you know what, we haven t tried it. why doesn t he just try it? maybe it will work. not having a chief of staff. i would not recommend that. i think it s a very important position. i do think a communications director is a very important position. good. you are being sensible. but if he wants to try it, why not. why not. the changes we have seen are that people that he picked, okay, maybe he didn t end up liking them, but they are his people. not any that these people are holdovers, it was h.r. mcmaster
according to a white house official, the presidents has told advisers he knows he probably cannot bring mr. porter back, but he has made clear that he misses the staff structure that mr. porter helped build and implement. and the white house is sending mixed messages concerning reports that president trump is planning to oust veterans affairs secretary david shulkin. one white house spokesperson said yesterday the president is still confident in shulkin, but hours later, another spokesperson dodged that question. the bottom line is, we all serve at the pleasure of the president and if he s not pleased, you ll know it. at this point in time, though, he does have confidence in dr. shulkin. he s done some great things at the va. as you know, the president wants to put the right people in the right place at the right time and that could change. talk about dave shulkin. is he going to be fired face-to-face or through the media or twitter? i have no personnel announcements to make at thi