White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday shot down a magazine’s story from the previous day that President Donald Trump called chief of staff John Kelly a “nut job” and that Trump’s daughter Ivanka is heading up a search to replace him.
“Look, I would not use Vanity Fair for much other than a coaster. I don’t think that it is a reliable source of information and certainly not on this topic,” Sanders said on Fox & Friends. “As chief of staff Kelly has said himself, as the president has stated, they both plan on being here for the long haul and doing it together.”
.@PressSec shoots down report that WH Chief of Staff Kelly is on his way out pic.twitter.com/fMvtnYaxyt
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) January 23, 2018
Citing “two prominent Republicans in frequent contact with the White House,” Vanity Fair reported on Monday that Kelly’s ouster didn’t look imminent because of a desire for him to outlast his predecessor, Reince Priebus, who spent six months in the job. But it said Trump had said of Kelly, “I’ve got another nut job here who thinks he’s running things.”
The magazine also said that “Ivanka is the most worried about it. She’s trying to figure who replaces Kelly,” according to a person who’s apparently spoken with her. – READ MORE
[give_form id=”79809″] [divider][/divider]CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta is chuffed that he didn’t get to ask any questions at Monday’s White House press briefing.
Acosta was so upset about not getting any airtime that he sarcastically tweeted how “bizarre” it is that the White House didn’t call on him.
Gosh it's so bizarre how @PressSec keeps avoiding questions from CNN. #cantstandtheheat
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 22, 2018
It’s really shocking that White House press secretary Sarah Sanders wouldn’t call on Acosta when he makes such brilliant points, such as not understanding that it takes 60 votes to pass a continuing resolution in the Senate or questioning if the White House doctor is withholding information about President Trump’s health. – READ MORE