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
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.
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. we have the lowest numbers in the modern history of polling at 35, 36, 37%, wherever it may be. we have complete and total chaos in the west wing. and really, with each new dawn, there is another assault. another attack on the dignity of the institution of the office of the president of the united states. and so increasingly and i try not to be alarmist about this as we talk about it on a daily