REINCE PRIEBUS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Reports of chaos and disorganization inside the White House through the first months of President Donald Trump’s administration are accurate, former chief of staff Reince Priebus said. In fact, Priebus said, those reports understated the truth of the Trump administration’s beginnings.
‘Take everything you’ve heard and multiply it by 50,’ Priebus told author Chris Whipple, whose book on White House chiefs of staff, ‘The Gatekeepers,’ will be released in paperback next month with a new chapter on the Trump administration. Excerpts of the new chapter were published Wednesday [2-14-18] by Vanity Fair.
Priebus, a former head of the Republican National Committee who oversaw the party’s seizure of both chambers of Congress and the White House, lasted just six months as Trump’s chief of staff, a period that ranked among the most tumultuous times of any modern American presidency. Reports of infighting and confusion during Priebus’ tenure as chief of staff were nearly ubiquitous, which Priebus himself blamed on outside forces, the president’s unique personality and his ambitious agenda.”
-Louis Nelson, “Priebus on White House chaos: ‘Take everything you’ve heard and multiply it by 50’,” Politico, Feb. 15, 2018 09:41am