Yes, that is basically it. I dont know if he wanted to be there while trump was making his speech about the change of staff. Phil rucker, as condensed as they are, all of our Print Colleagues at the white house are writing the Lookback Piece about the Reince Priebus era, all six months of it. And i know you contend he was something less than a Chief Of Staff in full always . You know, yeah, i think that is exactly right. Look, this is an establishment republican who became close to donald trump over the course of the campaign. Tried to help integrate the party in the trump world. Tried to do it in washington to help trump govern and pass his agenda on capitol hill. But he was beset time and time again by the kind of chaos and disorder that has really defined all of trumps enterprises,
including this white house. It was so remarkable, that Reince Priebus was so belittled and demeaned at work, the backbiting was so intense and vicious. I talked to one staffer, the president said that Rei
yes, that is basically it. i don t know if he wanted to be there while trump was making his speech about the change of staff. phil rucker, as condensed as they are, all of our print colleagues at the white house are writing the lookback piece about the reince priebus era, all six months of it. and i know you contend he was something less than a chief of staff in full always? you know, yeah, i think that is exactly right. look, this is an establishment republican who became close to donald trump over the course of the campaign. tried to help integrate the party in the trump world. tried to do it in washington to help trump govern and pass his agenda on capitol hill. but he was beset time and time again by the kind of chaos and disorder that has really defined all of trump s enterprises,
As a liaison to congress if uniform. as to there are a couple building blocks there, that are areas where the president can look for new structure. he wants it to be well received publicly. he found when he makes decisions with people broadly respected lick people if both parties respect someone of john kelly s stature, that s something the president likes. he wants to hear this was a good decision. he was frustrated from the reporting we ve done in the early days of going from campaign to transition, finally taking office, he was given a lot of counsel from priebus and that team from the travel ban to beginning with health care the different sort of building administration and many blue up on him. that s been a part of a simmering frustration the guidance he thought he was
President t. fact is only two people were elected on a set of ideas and promises. axios said trump didn t rep bring hand scaramucci. he also made some choice comments about steve bannon. quote, at the moment, scaramucci is embpowered, the president lf the mooch quote. republicans are warning if behavior like this continues, apparently sanctioned be i the president, people will finally leave. priebus department closure is not only evidence that donald trump sanctioned his behavior, he empowered him to take out those no longer wanted in the white house. kelly the big question, of course, did reince priebus resign because he wanted to resign or shoved out the door? reporter: certainly the president wanted to make a change that has been ooumorred so long, our sources were telling us the end is imminent.
And we re continuing to work very hard every day to accomplish those goals. it was later dubbed the dear leader meeting. that was reince priebus at the president s first full meeting of the cabinet, thanking mr. trump, for the opportunity and the blessing to work for the administration. joining us by telephone to react to today s news, msnbc political analyst steve schmidt, also happens to be former chief strategist to john mccain, former 2008 campaign. steve, we have been thinking of you as this news has pulled out. give me the basics on the presidency tonight. well, it s in very bad shape. and listening to reince priebus on the audio, what it shows, brian, is that excellence and syphocancy is not necessarily job reassurance in the presidency.