Clean up the White House or I fire you – Donald Trump threatens Priebus

US President Donald Trump has set a July 4 deadline for a ‘clean up’ of the White House that could include removing his Chief of Staff, Reince Priebus, according to two administration officials and three outside advisers familiar with the matter.

The Russia investigation might be putting too much pressure on the White House team and although Trump might have taken other threats likely, this might be a serious threat to Priebus.

Days after his return from his first foreign trip late last month, Trump criticized Priebus in the Oval Office for the dysfunction in the White House, according to multiple sources familiar with the conversation, Politico reports.

Trump had been mulling bringing on his former deputy campaign manager, David Bossie as his deputy White House chief of staff and Corey Lewandowski as a White House senior adviser with a portfolio that includes Russia, but told the two at that meeting that they would not be joining the White House until Priebus had a fair chance to conclude the clean up.

“I’m giving you until July 4,” Trump said, according to a person with knowledge of the conversation.

“I don’t want them to come into this mess. If I’m going to clean house, they will come in as fresh blood.”

However, White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, in a statement on Sunday, refuted the idea that Priebus is facing a July 4 deadline. “Whoever is saying that is either a liar or out of the loop,” Spicer said.

Talk of Trump’s July 4th deadline has become an issue in the White House, but insiders and those close to the president are not holding their breath, given the perpetual talk that Priebus and other senior staffers are on the way out.

Even Priebus had once sensed his dismissal and joked, “I’ve got one foot on a banana peel and another out the door,” according to a person with knowledge of the conversation.

Trump has openly expressed the idea of other potential chiefs of staff, including former campaign aide, David Urban and Wayne Berman, a Blackstone executive and advisor to Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman. Shortly after national security adviser Michael Flynn was fired in February, Trump invited New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to the White House to help brainstorm about a new chief of staff, according to a White House official and outside adviser with knowledge of the situation.

Priebus was brought on to the White House as an agreement between Trump and the Republican establishment, specifically because of his close relationship with Ryan.

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