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  • new shake up of the White House president Trump, ousting overnight his acting chief of staff and naming a new person to the job.

  • This is the fourth person in three years to hold this position.

  • A veces Keira Phillips is in West Palm Beach, where the president is spending the weekend here.

  • Good morning to you.

  • Good morning, Dan will.

  • Overnight, the president fired acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney after 14 months on the job.

  • His White House communications folks didn't even see this coming.

  • Trump announced Mulvaneys departure in a tweet, saying, I want to thank acting chief Mick Mulvaney for having served the administration so well.

  • He will become the United States special envoy for Northern Ireland now.

  • Mulvaney was Trump's third chief of staff, Dan, replacing retired General John Kelly, who succeeded former RNC chair Rains previous in July of 2017.

  • Mulvaney, as you know, served as chief of staff in an acting capacity since last year.

  • Dan no longer in that role, So let's talk about who's replacing him.

  • It's a he's a vocal Trump supporter.

  • Well, the president says that Congressman Mark Meadows will now become his fourth chief of staff, saying he has known and worked with Meadows for a long time and that they have a good relationship.

  • Meadows is one of Congress's most conservative members.

  • As you know, he served as the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus until last year and is one of the president's closest allies.

  • Dan Care Phillips in Florida Thank you.

  • Hi, everyone.

  • George Stephanopoulos here.

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new shake up of the White House president Trump, ousting overnight his acting chief of staff and naming a new person to the job.

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