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    Can John Kelly Stop the Chaos Inside Trump's West Wing?

    President Trump replaced his chief of staff, Reince Priebus, with the current secretary of Homeland Security, a retired Marine general.
    by David A. Graham Jul 28, 2017 5 minutes
    Source: Kevin Lamarque / Reuters

    Updated on July 28 at 5:57 p.m. ET

    For once, the rumors of Reince Priebus’s demise were not exaggerated.

    President Trump announced late Friday afternoon that he had named John Kelly as chief of staff, replacing Priebus. Priebus had been the subject of whispers of imminent dismissal more or less since he took the job, but the arrival of communications director Anthony Scaramucci last week, over Priebus’s objection, seems to have sped up his departure.

    Trump announced the news via Twitter:

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