This week’s Friday afternoon news dump was more extraordinary than some. President Trump tweeted an announcement that General John Kelly was taking over as White House chief of staff, which came as a surprise to almost everyone because — as far as everyone knew — Reince Priebus still occupied the position. This, apparently, was not the case according to a Priebus source who told CNN that he resigned yesterday. Yet that timeline might not be accurate since Preibus was on Air Force One today, and Axios says he and Steve Bannon were “scheming until the last moment.”
Still, let’s get real — entering Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci plastered the “leaker” label onto Priebus less than a week ago, and he was as good as gone. In fact, CNN reports that Priebus was forced to leave in an Uber today without going back to his office because of fears that he’d leak (when, in fact, the financial disclosure form that Scaramucci was so upset about was a matter of public record) whatever he had on file.
Altogether, this was effectively a brutal ousting, and the Internet may not have felt terrible for Priebus, but there’s empathy out there for a guy who was treated like such a scapegoat (after he dropped his RNC chair job). Well, the Internet got together and told some jokes as well. Behold this mix.
I (will eventually) pick the best people. — Donald Trump
— Crutnacker (@Crutnacker) July 28, 2017
The most shocking thing Donald Trump has done in his entire Presidency is spell Reince Priebus correctly in that last tweet.
— Jack Burditt (@jackburditt) July 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/rolldiggity/status/891042790473252864
So does this now mean Reince Priebus will be competing against Sean Spicer on Dancing with the Stars??🕺🕺🏻
— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) July 28, 2017
Please remember to include the fact that Priebus could have ended Trump's primary run several times, and decided not to.
— FORCED PREGNANCY IS SLAVERY (@Addicted2Poli) July 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/891039585165357056
https://twitter.com/BRANDONWARDELL/status/891044098034999296
Congratulations to Reince Priebus on his new job at Fusion
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) July 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/891044736320118784
If Trump slams one more door in an unsuspecting person's face, he will win a Tony for "Rumors."
— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) July 28, 2017
"Hello, Reince? Hey, it's Bob Mueller."
— Cody Keenan (@codykeenan) July 28, 2017
before I got in the shower Mooch had a wife and Reince had a job
— Jason Linkins (@dceiver) July 28, 2017
And finally, here’s a tweet that won’t stop being evergreen … until the end of the Trump administration.
https://twitter.com/BryanByczek/status/890702776052920324