president to fire his embattled epa chief. the associate ed press reports scott pruitt visited the white house yesterday to discuss the recent steps to roll back air efficiency standards for cars. but according to two administration officials he also fought for his job. this as kelly has been urging president trump to fire pruitt. that s according to the new york times and the wall street journal. but this morning, no clear direction from the white house on whether pruitt s job is safe. i m not going to go through hypotheticals until we have time to go through a full review. that s what we re doing right now. but again, the president thinks he s done a good job on the purpose of carrying out the goals of the epa. will he have a job by midnight tonight? look, the president is the one who makes those decisions. i can t say we all serve at the pleasure of the. as you know, if the president is
pressure to do something about epa administrator scott pruitt. he s been under fire for ethics issues and outsized spending, among those issues massive raises for two of his closest aides and a rental of a capitol hill condo tied to a lobbyist who represents energy clients. pruitt met with president trump today. originally to discuss his agency s recent efforts to roll back obama-era fuel efficiency standards for cars, but it seems the topic of his future was always on the agenda. the associated press reports that during his meeting with the president, pruitt laid out his case for why he should continue in his job. the a.p. also reports that pruitt spent millions of dollars for a 20-muslember full-time security detail three time the size of his predecessors. the wall street journal and the new york times say chief of staff john kelly has urged trump to fire pruitt but trump has been resistant. said he was doing a great job
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the topic of his future agenda. during the meeting with the president pruitt laid out his case for why he should continue in his job. pruitt spent millions of dollars for a 20 member full-time security detail that is three times the size of his predecessors. it s urged trump to fire pruitt but trump has been resistance. the morning the president sent out a tweet of support and said he was doing a great job while being totally under siege. the white house backed that up at today s briefing. no one other than the president has the authority to hire and fire members of his cabinet. he feels the administrator has done a good job.