Trump Ousts Mick Mulvaney as White House Chief of Staff

Mark Meadows

Via a tweet from Mar-a-Lago, President Trump Friday evening announced that Mark Meadows is the new White House chief-of-staff.

I am pleased to announce that Congressman Mark Meadows will become White House Chief of Staff. I have long known and worked with Mark, and the relationship is a very good one....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 7, 2020

Meadows is a mixed bag with strong global interventionist tendencies. He introduced the Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2014, a bill that would impose sanctions on foreign financial institutions that facilitate transactions or money laundering on behalf of Hezbollah or its agents. But to the positive, he opposes any restrictions on gun purchases and opposes a national gun registry.

He opposes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), and has stated that it should be replaced by private enterprise. He has signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, and he opposes a raise in all taxes, including the income tax but he is in favor of the Flat Income Tax shell game hustle.

Trump also tweeted that Mulvaney will become US special envoy for Northern Ireland.

-RW