USA – Mick Mulvaney is the chief of staff in the White house, US President, Donald Trump has appointed an interim chief of staff: The previous budget Director Mick Mulvaney to take over this Post for the new year. © Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
After the rejection of his preferred candidate, Nick Ayers, several names for the succession of John Kelly were having a conversation, the U.S. President set: Donald Trump wants to make his former budget Director Mick Mulvaney to the interim chief of staff in the White house. The search for candidates for the key Posts in the White house appears to be harder than I thought.
Mulvaney, a former Republican Congressman for the U.S. state of South Carolina, is considered to be extremely conservative and as a supporter of a strict budgetary discipline. The 51-Year-old directs under Trump, the office for Budget resources and management. He had done an « extraordinary Job » in the government, wrote Trump on Twitter. At the same time, Grandbetting he praised Kelly’s service and described him as a « great patriot ».
Last week, had announced the President of Kelly’s soon-to-be departure. As a likely successor to Nick Ayers, the current chief of staff of Vice-President Mike Pence, was the first to be traded. But Ayers declined the offer and announced that at the end of the year, the office will be submitted at the Pence.
Also, the former Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, gave Trump a cancellation. In a communication from Christie to the New York Times, he had written, it was an honor that Trump draw him for the Post in consideration. « However, I told the President that now is not the right time for me or my family to take on this serious task. »