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ffr

(22,671 posts) Mon Dec 10, 2018, 12:20 PM Dec 2018

WTF? Nick Ayers turns down POTUS's position, then immediately resigns current VP CoS position???

Whoa! What's up with that?

Nick Ayers Resigned From The White House As Trump Is Looking For His Own Chief Of Staff

The position of White House chief of staff is one of those positions in Washington that manages to be high-powered and influential, and yet also generally allows the person serving in it to remain out of the spotlight, at least to some degree. The Trump administration is a little different in that regard, as current White House chief of staff John Kelly has turned up in the news quite a bit. Another peculiarity of this administration is that Mike Pence's current chief of staff Nick Ayers has resigned from the White House rather than accept the position as Kelly's replacement. - Bustle

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WTF? Nick Ayers turns down POTUS's position, then immediately resigns current VP CoS position??? (Original Post) ffr Dec 2018 OP

He took a position at a pro-Trump PAC marylandblue Dec 2018 #1

Obviously another hallmark of that well-oiled machine gratuitous Dec 2018 #2

"Get me out of this stinking, treasonous KGOP republican rat hole." - Nicky A. Achilleaze Dec 2018 #3

This guy made $50mil+ by age 34 as a political consultant... CincyDem Dec 2018 #4

Is he still under and ethics investigation from the Greitens campaign? HAB911 Dec 2018 #5

he's afraid of something. barbtries Dec 2018 #6

He's already boarded a lifeboat and is rowing away quickly The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #7

Getting out of the kitchen. Sneederbunk Dec 2018 #8

smarter than the average bear, apparently Grasswire2 Dec 2018 #9

They tried to force him into the Titanic House Band. He chose to cast himself into the sea. PubliusEnigma Dec 2018 #10

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)

1. He took a position at a pro-Trump PAC

Reply to ffr (Original post)

Mon Dec 10, 2018, 12:22 PM

Dec 2018

Smart move. Close enough to stay in the game and far enough to avoid the blast radius.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

2. Obviously another hallmark of that well-oiled machine

Reply to ffr (Original post)

Mon Dec 10, 2018, 12:23 PM

Dec 2018

In normal times, the media would be on this evidence of a feckless White House in serious disarray. It's an easy story to tell, you can make all kinds of ominous hints about the effect on national security the in-fighting has, and there's no shortage of people who will weigh in on the chaos. But this time? Not so much.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)

3. "Get me out of this stinking, treasonous KGOP republican rat hole." - Nicky A.

Reply to ffr (Original post)

Mon Dec 10, 2018, 12:23 PM

Dec 2018

CincyDem

(6,366 posts)

4. This guy made $50mil+ by age 34 as a political consultant...

Reply to ffr (Original post)

Mon Dec 10, 2018, 12:24 PM

Dec 2018

Leads me to two conclusions.

1) He knows how to read the tea leaves and knows the fallout will be broad.
2) He wants to keep his reputation and how he made his money OUT of the spotlight.

Indication of just how short Trump's coattails are getting when he can't even get a political hack to take his jobs.

HAB911

(8,906 posts)

5. Is he still under and ethics investigation from the Greitens campaign?

Reply to ffr (Original post)

Mon Dec 10, 2018, 12:25 PM

Dec 2018

Freedom Frontier, for whom he consulted, is the subject of two recent ethics complaints, the most recent of which was filed with the IRS on Tuesday. That complaint, filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, contends the group's political spending exceeded legal limits in violation of campaign finance laws.