TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House is facing the prospect of another round of senior departures in the coming weeks as President Donald Trump approaches his one-year anniversary in office, according to several administration officials.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the former Exxon chief executive who has struggled to mesh with Mr. Trump during their first year in office, is the most likely to leave, according to White House officials.
Senior officials say there is a lengthy list of White House aides and cabinet members potentially on their way out, with the first anniversary of the administration in mid-January serving as a natural off-ramp.
‘There will be significant turnover at the one-year mark,’ one senior administration official said. Another added: ‘You’re going to see plenty of movement.’
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday [11-30-17], ‘there are no personnel announcements at this time.’
White House spokesman Raj Shah said talk of any specific departures was ‘pure speculation’ and declined to comment further.
Among the names viewed by administration officials as possible departures are National Economic Council director Gary Cohn, Deputy Chief of Staff Rick Dearborn and Legislative Affairs Director Marc Short…
Any changes raise the prospect of more staff turbulence as the president moves into the middle stages of his first term after a first year that has seen the departures of Mike Flynn, his first national security adviser after a month; Reince Priebus as chief of staff after six months; and Steve Bannon, chief strategist, shortly after.”
-Michael C. Bender, “Trump White House Faces Prospect of More Senior Departures,” The Wall Street Journal online, Nov. 30, 2017 05:45pm