Posted on 04/09/2020 7:40:42 AM PDT by dontreadthis
As a Congressman and co-founder of the House Freedom Caucus, Mark Meadows unified conservatives while rankling moderate Republicans. As the new White House Chief of Staff, he’s unifying allies of President Trump and eliminating those who aren’t fully on board with the White House agenda. Few are noticing the multitude of moves being made because nearly all media attention is being paid to the coronavirus crisis.
That’s just fine for Meadows who prefers the moves to be seamless and under the radar. The only major move reported so far was removing Stephanie Grisham as Press Secretary, replacing her with the ultra-loyal Kayleigh McEnany. But several other moves have been taking place as well, prompting an article in anti-Trump Bloomberg that says Meadows has “rattled White House in crisis mode.”
This is true. He is rattling the White House and many staffers are worried. They should be. If there’s one major flaw that has been present in the White House since President Trump took office, it’s that many of the people in there have had their own agenda. It was rife with leaks, which prompted the removal of the first Chief of Staff, Reince Priebus. Under John Kelly, the internal “Resistance” was flourishing, though that changed quickly following his ouster. Mick Mulvaney was nice but maintained the status quo, which wasn’t great. Now, it’s up to Meadows to continue rankling until the White House is clean of leaks, Resistance, and others who are not helping the cause.
It won’t be easy. While the President’s agenda has been strong, many of the people surrounding him have been weak. It goes with the territory as he transitioned from CEO to Commander-in-Chief. The people one can trust within a large corporation aren’t the same type of people who should be trusted in politics. That was where Priebus, the Kelly, then Mulvaney were supposed to be able to lend their expertise, but it hasn’t worked. The White House staff continues to have major flaws.
From the Russian Hoax to the impeachment debacle to the coronavirus crisis, the President hasn’t had the time to clean house and surround himself with the right people. That’s where Mark Meadows comes in. Things are changing. It’s about time.
I love MM he has the President’s back!
Kelly?
Kelly wasn't loyal and probably didn't plan to "lend" any expertise. If what we hear was true, Kelly was trying to restrain the President.
Nice to see some good news.
Yup.
I think Trump has finally figured out that Loyalty is Job One.
Second term will look much, much different I reckon.
Preibus, Kelly and Mulvaney were all open borders/amnesty advocates, not at all aligned with the President’s most important promise of restoring the rule of law.
Should have been four years ago
Since shitty schiff is pissing his depends over Grenell's activities, I am very happy.
Liking much!!
Pretty sure the former Press Secretary went back to being Melania’s Chief of Staff because the person in that position left that job on her own. Stephanie Grisham is still tight intide the White House, only with Melania.
Pretty sure the former Press Secretary went back to being Melania’s Chief of Staff because the person in that position left that job on her own. Stephanie Grisham is still tight inside the White House, only with Melania.
Meadows was a great choice.
In your dreams. Inside-the-Beltway is a hive of enemies, and it's taken Trump this long to learn how The Swamp gets drained.
Trump continues to goad the morons in the enemedia in his daily briefings, keeping them pissed and focusing exclusively on what he's doing with COVID-19. Meanwhile, he plugs the leaks and gets rid of those in his White House who are working against him. A stroke of genius on his part.
Mark Meadows was great for us in the conservative caucus, and I imagine he will do just as good a job for Trump.
Trump hires people to fill a specific purpose. Maybe it’s the former baseball player in him, but he moves people in and out like a baseball manager changes pitchers. Early on, Trump placed some people who were suspect into his administration to try and smoke out the deep state. He was smart enough to never fully trust them but understood the maxim, “Keep your friends close but your enemies closer”.
Not only does MM have the President’s back, he knows who else does too!
in addition, the virus is cover for a complete border shutdown and the military deployment vs the drug cartels
Trump continues to beat the leftists at their game
Agreed. We’re approaching the final stages of the battle against the deep state.
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