Kelly, who was previously the Homeland Security Secretary, was picked for the new job by Trump on July 29, with the latter hoping the new chief of staff to bring some military order to an administration weighed down by a stalled legislative agenda, a cabal of infighting West Wing aides and a stack of investigations.
Hours after taking over, Kelly yesterday witnessed the ouster of Wall Street financer Anthony Scaramucci from the White House.
In an interview last week, he used unparliamentary language against his White House colleagues and threatened to fire everyone from the White House who leaked information.
"The President certainly felt that Anthony's comments were inappropriate for a person in that position.He didn't want to burden General Kelly also with that line of succession," White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters at her daily news conference.
Now everyone in the White House reports to Kelly, Sanders said.
"We've made clear a few times over the course of the last couple of days to several of you individually, but General Kelly has the full authority to operate within the White House, and all staff will report to him," she told reporters.
In the last 10 days, Trump has fired three of his top officials. It first began with his Press Secretary Sean Spicer, followed by Priebus and now Scaramucci, who probably has the shortest stint as the White House Director of Communications.
Responding to questions, Sanders said Scaramucci is no longer working at the White House.
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