Reince Priebus, the White House Chief of Staff who failed to impose order on a chaos-racked West Wing, was pushed out after a stormy six-month tenure and President Donald Trump replaced him with John F Kelly, the Homeland Security Secretary and a retired four-star Marine general.
Trump announced the change via Twitter while aboard Air Force One on a tarmac outside Washington minutes after returning from long Island on Friday, the New York Times reported.
“I am pleased to inform you that I have just named General/Secretary John F Kelly as White House Chief of Staff,” Trump tweeted. “He is a great American... and a great leader. John has also done a spectacular job at Homeland Security. He has been a true star of my administration.”