Seems like the President is accepting his critics. Donald Trump laid to rest the speculations surrounding his next chief of staff on Friday by tweeting\u2026<\/b>
\nSeems like the President is accepting his critics.
Donald Trump laid to rest the speculations surrounding his next chief of staff on Friday by tweeting that Mick Mulvaney, the Office of Management and Budget Director, would replace the outgoing John Kelly when he departs the White House in January.
\u201cMick has done an outstanding job while in the Administration,\u201d tweeted the president. \u201cI look forward to working with him in this new capacity as we continue to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!\u201d
\u201cFor the record, there were MANY people who wanted to be the White House Chief of Staff. Mick M will do a GREAT job!\u201d he added.
Speaking before a gathering at the York Middle School in York, South Carolina, on November 2,2016, Mulvaney made the remark during a debate with his then-congressional challenger, Democrat Fran Person. He said that he was forced to support Trump because even though he was a \u201cterrible human being\u201d, he was better than liberal Hillary Clinton who would lead the country in the wrong direction.
\u201cYes, I am supporting Donald Trump, but I\u2019m doing so despite the fact that I think he\u2019s a terrible human being.\u201d
NEW: Trump’s next chief of staff Mick Mulvaney called him a \u00ab\u00a0terrible human being\u00a0\u00bb just before he was elected president. https:\/\/t.co\/C5q5csnhrl pic.twitter.com\/IU5isoZRib
\u2014 The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 15,2018
While Mulvaney\u2019s serious takedown of Trump is not the only one among members of his administration, Mulvaney is now certainly one of the highest-ranking members of the Trump team who criticized him before he was elected. As the Daily Beast reported, there have been others as well. Rick Perry, who now serves as the Secretary of Energy in Trump\u2019s administration, called his presidential campaign a \u201ccancer on conservatism\u201d. One of Trump\u2019s most vehement defenders in the White House now, Kellyanne Conway, had launched a scathing criticism of the future president for his refusal to release his tax returns and had attacked his \u201cvulgar\u201d rhetoric.
Even with his view of Trump as a \u201cterrible human being\u201d, though, Mulvaney is set to fill Kelly\u2019s shoes. But he has reportedly made it clear that he doesn\u2019t want to be Trump\u2019s chief of staff beyond a stipulated time period. When a reporter asked a White House source why Mulvaney wasn\u2019t filling the position permanently, the source said: \u201cWhy would he? He\u2019s a sane man.\u201d<\/p>\n