If you listen to ABC’s propaganda Sunday news show today, Trump pal and confidante Chris Ruddy said that Trump is expecting to make one or two major changes to his government very soon. Good this mean the end of Jeff Sessions? David Shulkin? Gen. Kelly? I really hope Sessions is kicked out of the door.
Trump confidante Chris Ruddy says he spoke with the president yesterday and that Trump is "perplexed" by reports there is "chaos at the White House," adding: "He's expecting to make one or two major changes to his government very soon." https://t.co/IxKzyqZXm3 pic.twitter.com/eezakXNZCU
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) March 25, 2018
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Trump’s Mar-a-Lago buddy Chris Ruddy made a splash on TV today, telling ABC’s “This Week” that the president told him yesterday he expected to make “one or two major changes to his — to his government very soon.” Ruddy went on to say that “other White House sources, not the president, tell me that Veterans Affairs Secretary David [Shulkin] is likely to depart the Cabinet very soon.”
Here’s what I know about the Shulkin situation, from conversations with sources involved in the sensitive discussions and with sources — (not Ruddy) — who’ve spoken with Trump as recently as yesterday: Trump hasn’t made any final decisions yet. The president has, however, lost confidence in the VA Secretary and is strongly inclined towards replacing him.
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Right now, Trump is happy to watch Shulkin twist in the wind for a while. Remember how unhappy we told you John Kelly and others have been about Shulkin’s handling of internal problems in his department and especially his freelancing to the New York Times? A prolonged period of job insecurity and public humiliation is a uniquely Trumpian form of payback.
The White House — specifically the president, Kelly, the White House Office of Presidential Personnel, and the director of Trump’s Domestic Policy Council Andrew Bremberg — have been asking allies for names of people they’d recommend to replace Shulkin.