Trump Hits Reset Button by Ousting Priebus After Rough Week
- Priebus resigns and is replaced by Homeland Security chief
- West Wing infighting erupts in public as health bill fails
Trump Names Kelly Chief of Staff, Replacing Priebus
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Donald Trump endured in a single week the kind of policy disarray, legislative failure and vulgar White House staff infighting that might take a full term for any other president to accumulate.
His manic, seven-day stretch was capped Friday afternoon by Trump’s announcement -- on Twitter -- that White House chief of staff Reince Priebus was exiting the administration. He’ll be replaced by Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, who has delighted Trump by executing with vigor the president’s promised crackdown on undocumented immigrants.