Article snippet: Posted at 9:10 pm on July 28, 2017 by streiff Today President Trump gave chief of staff Reince Priebus the heave-ho and replaced him with Homeland Security secretary, and retired USMC general, John Kelly. How does this play out. Since I have access to the front page, I’ll inflict my hot take on what happened, what it means, and where it goes. 1. Priebus was always a ‘dead man walking.’ He was not a Trump supporter in the beginning. His roots were in the GOP establishment. His presence in the White House can be seen as a genesis of a lot of the problems. Had no natural allies either in the Trump family or in the Bannonites who filled many staff positions. He brought with him people he knew, like Sean Spicer and Katie Walsh and when they were perceived to be incompetent and disloyal, respectively, that stink stuck to Priebus. His personal relationship with Trump was never going to materialize because he had no accomplishments that Trump respects: he wasn’t wealthy, he wasn’t a fellow billionaire CEO, he wasn’t a general officer. Trying to manage Trump when Trump obviously didn’t respect him and didn’t trust his people was impossible. 2. I have no doubt that a substantial number of the damaging political leaks originated from Priebus’s staff. They were fighting for survival, rather than influence, and the leaks were Washington political reporters. In a White House that loathed the press, the people who had worked at the RNC were the media’s only real contacts. 3. ... Link to the full article to read more