A premature announcement leaked, conservatives were mad and people in the White House were hearing different messages
In early May, White House aides had seemingly settled on Derek Lyons as President Donald Trump’s next top domestic policy adviser. They told reporters as much.
The DPC is a little-known but influential office within the White House. During Trump’s tenure, various White House power centers have vied over installing allies to lead the council. The latest jockeying came after Joe Grogan, who had worked closely with departed acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, recently announced he would leave his positionseveral people for the role, including both Lyons and Rollins.
“Derek is a loyal and highly respected member of the Trump White House who has worked to implement Donald Trump’s policy agenda for three and a half years as staff secretary,“ the official said May 7. But it was his time with Jeb Bush’s campaign that made some conservatives suspicious. His affiliation with Kushner also raised some eyebrows, given that Trump’s son-in-law has
The first White House official said Meadows received praise internally about Lyons but some in the White House worried that criticism from influential conservative pundits, such as Ann Coulter and Tucker Carlson of Fox News, would soon follow. The White House official said Lyons and Rollins were finalists for the job, but the job ultimately went to Rollins in part because she would be able to appear on television as part of “the public facing role” of DPC director.
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