31 July, 2017
Priebus confirmed that he formally resigned on resigned on Thursday.
President Donald Trump announced Reince Priebus' departure as White House chief of staff Friday by tweeting that Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly will take over the role.
Priebus and Spicer, the former press secretary, had told the president that they believed Scaramucci, a hedge-fund manager and fundraiser, lacked the political experience and organizational skills required to serve in the role of communications director.
After months of speculation about Mr Priebus' fate, Mr Trump tweeted his decision as he landed in Washington after a speech in NY, in which he lavishly praised retired US Marines general Mr Kelly's performance.
Both Scaramucci and Priebus traveled to New York's Long Island with Trump on Friday for a speech in which the president highlighted efforts to crack down on the gang MS-13.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of SC, a frequent Trump critic, said that, as Homeland Security chief, Kelly has "been very effective in engaging members of Congress and communicating a coherent message for the President". One of the final establishment Republicans in the White House, he was a frequent target of barbs from Trump over not being an early backer of the celebrity businessman's candidacy. One of his top allies was a fellow Republican from Wisconsin, House Speaker Paul Ryan.
Ryan says Priebus "left it all out on the field" for the party and the country and he could not be more proud to call Priebus a "dear friend". "I'm on Team Trump, and I look forward to helping him achieve his goals and his agenda for the American people".
The retired general, for his part, said he is "honored to be asked" to take the job.
Kelly is now the secretary of Homeland Security.
Kelly had told lawmakers during his confirmation hearings in January that he supported Trump about the need for a wall, though he also spoke about the need for extra border agents and better technology.
If loyalty is indeed what Trump wants, he gets it in Kelly.
Those orders have been stripped down by courts pending a Supreme Court review in the autumn. Yet, just days after taking office, he had to lead the agency as it dealt with the chaos and confusion that ensued at airports in the US and around the world. Bannon, a former Navy officer, has a daughter who graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Trump's family, including daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner, had lost faith in Priebus.
Later Trump praised his outgoing and incoming chiefs. "I used to think, when I'd go to all of my trips up to Bethesda, Walter Reed, I'll go to the funerals with the secretaries of defense, that I could somehow imagine what it would be like", Kelly said.
Trump made the comment to reporters after he tweeted the news that Priebus' successor as chief of staff is the secretary of homeland security, John Kelly.
While at homeland security, Kelly has presided over a crackdown on illegal migrants and a more aggressive posture for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
