President Donald Trump on Friday tweeted that John Kelly would take over as White House chief of staff, a role that had been held by Reince Priebus.
Kelly, a retired Marine general, has been serving as Homeland Security secretary.
Priebus, 45, became a target of Trump's ire shortly into his term as White House chief of staff.
Trump has consistently applied pressure on Priebus and reportedly given him various deadlines to get a tumultuous White House in order.
"Reince is a good man. John Kelly will do a fantastic job. General Kelly has been a star, done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody," Trump told reporters who had traveled with him Friday on Air Force One. "He's a great great American. Reince is a good man."
NBC News, citing a source close to the president, reported that the failure of Senate Republicans to pass a "skinny" Obamacare repeal early Friday morning was the "final straw" for Priebus. The motion to proceed vote earlier this week gave Priebus a short "reprieve," NBC added.
Priebus had been under fresh scrutiny recently when Trump brought on financier Anthony Scaramucci as communications director. Former press secretary Sean Spicer, one of Priebus' allies in the White House, left after Scaramucci's hiring.
Scaramucci created a White House spectacle Thursday following his Wednesday night tweet accusing someone of leaking a financial disclosure document that is publicly available. Scaramucci tagged Priebus in the tweet, but he later denied that he was identifying Priebus as the source.
He told CNN on Thursday that "if Reince wants to explain he's not a leaker, do that." Scaramucci compared himself and Priebus to the Biblical brothers Cain and Abel. Cain killed Abel.
On Thursday, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, "I don't know if [Trump] has an opinion on what they should do between the two of them."
"I think the president as always enjoys healthy competition and conversation, and he sees that as such," she said.
Priebus led the Republican National Committee before coming to the White House. He had held that job since 2011.
After serving at the RNC and leading the Wisconsin Republican Party, Priebus had ties to the so-called establishment branch of the Republican Party embodied by leaders like House Speaker Paul Ryan. That put him at odds with top Trump advisor Steve Bannon, a firebrand who helped to inspire some of the protectionism and harsh anti-immigrant rhetoric that has marked Trump's candidacy and now presidency. (YAHOO NEWS)
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