Interesting…..
My original post on this had someone quote Trump as saying Ayers HAD the job….
Not a good look for Trump….
Smart move for Ayers who is leaving the government period….
Trump now has to go looking again for someone who would want to step into a thankless and chaotic job…..
Nick Ayers will not become White House chief of staff, according to a White House official, dealing President Trump a setback in his effort to find a successor to John Kelly.
Ayers, a Republican operative who serves as chief of staff to Vice President Pence, instead plans to leave the administration at year’s end to work for a pro-Trump super PAC.
Trump intends to make a decision on a new chief of staff by the end of the month, when Kelly also plans to leave his post, the official said.
Ayers was widely seen as the frontrunner to succeed Kelly, but he could not come to an agreement with Trump about the terms of his service.
The president wanted Ayers to make a long-term commitment to the job. But the 36-year-old aide was unwilling to commit to anything more than an interim role, expressing a desire to return to his home state of Georgia with his wife and children, according to a person familiar with the situation…..
Note…
Other names mentioned for the Chief of Staff job are Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Freedom Caucus head GOP Rep. Mark Meadows….