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leland: official confirmation from the president that john kelly, the chief of staff, former general will be leaving the white house in the words of the president, at the end of the year. announcement in the next day or two. this has been talked about for so long. it s finally official. we ll play the game of who will be his replacement. at the top of the list would have to be the best vice presidents chief of staff, nick ayres. according to the wall street journal, the president told them to stop calling john kelly for anything call nick, he s my guy. is looking like he could be front runner to take john kelly s job, who as of a few moments ago is officially out. ....
John kelly really helped her get that role as the homeland security secretary. now, she is staying in their and john kelly is out. as we talk about the parlor game in washington, no replacement has been named but the name everybody keeps talking about is nick ayres who is vice president mike pence top a. he has a close relationship with president trump, with jared and ivanka trump. he is well liked by people who are close to the president. he also has some detractors within the white house. but if you believe this quote and the wall street journal, the president told one of his associates, stop calling john kelly for anything, call nick, he s my guy he certainly is the front runner for now. ....
The white house, given he is a retired military general, part of a gold star family and because he devoted his life to public service, president trump when he talked to reporters was careful to make clear he was not firing john kelly. take a look at what the president had to say speaking to kelly o donnell and other reporters in the last hour or so. so john kelly will be leaving toward the end of the year, at the end of the year, and i appreciate his service very much. reporter: so waiting in the wings is nick ayers. he s the young ambitious current chief of staff to the vice president. i m told that nick ayers found a way to ingrashate himself to president trump by attending the regular lunches the vice president tends to have with president trump at the white house. nick ayers has been there. the wall street journal yesterday, in fact, published a story where they quoted president trump talking to a person familiar saying look if you need to get with me, don t call john, call n ....
Figure john kelly is. less than two years in this administration, he came in with this sterling reputation and like almost everybody who steps into trump s orbit is now leaving, you know, with that reputation significantly tarnished, which is why i sort of wonder why anyone else, particularly a young man with political ambitions of his own like nick aers would want to take this job. mike pence s steve of staff, it is a name who has been floated to replace john kelly. quote, the president told one of his associates that on thursday night, stop calling john kelly for anything. call nick, he s my guy. what does it say for the administration that they re putting him at chief of staff. trump has been dissatisfied with john kelly s political inticket stii instinc instincts. i guess it makes sense. ....