Reince Priebus: Trump ‘wanted to go a different direction’
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President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, Reince Priebus, said in his first interview since it was announced he would leave his role that Trump “wanted to go a different direction.”
“Look, the President wanted to go a different direction. I support him in that,” he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on “The Situation Room.”
“I’m doing great,” Priebus said. “I’ve been obviously talking to the President for a few days about this. … the President was great.”
Trump replaced Priebus on Friday with Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, an explosive move that ends a turbulent six-month tenure.
When pressed by Blitzer on why he resigned from the role, Priebus responded, “I’m not going to get into that personal stuff.”
“General Kelly is a brilliant pick. … We’ll be working on a transition,” he said. “It’s not like it’s a situation where there’s a lot of ill feelings. I think this is good for the President.”
Trump made the announcement on Twitter just after landing on Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington.
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