‘Exaggerated And False’: Trump Insists Rumors Of Looming Staff Shake-Up Are Overblown

2,156 views · Published 15 March 2018 · 1:20 · Indexed 29 October 2026

Channel: Roland S. Martin · 2018 · News & Politics

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On Thursday, President Donald Trump insisted that media reports of an imminent White House staff shake-up are overblown. 

Trump shocked Washington earlier this week by firing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and replacing him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reviewing a recommendation to fire former FBI deputy director, Andrew McCabe, just days before he is scheduled to retire. Other members of Trump’s staff are rumored to be on thin ice.

Trump told reporters: “I’ve gotten to know a lot of people over the last year,” he said. “I’ve been in Washington for a little over a year, whereas some people have been here 30, 40 years, I’ve gotten to know people so there will always be change but very little … but there will always be change. And I think you want to see change.”

Who do you think is next on Trump’s chopping block? Is the perceived chaos in the White House detrimental to America’s national security? Sound off in the comments.

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