Anonymous ID: 802e29 Dec. 8, 2018, 2:04 p.m. No.4217763   🗄️.is đź”—kun

Hard-charging operative Nick Ayers poised to become Trump's third chief of staff

 

President Trump appears poised to make Nick Ayers his third chief of staff as he prepares for re-election, replacing John Kelly with a wunderkind political operative whose confident, no-nonsense manner has ruffled feathers but also stirred admiration.

Trump is poaching the 36-year-old Ayers from Vice President Mike Pence, for whom he has served as chief of staff since the summer of last year.

Beginning in his early 20s, Ayers served as campaign manager on gubernatorial and presidential campaigns, directed the Republican Governors Association, worked on the Trump-Pence 2016 operation, and advised several Republican candidates over the years as an outside consultant.

Ayers has a demanding management style that often chafed older subordinates. But his fans say he has proven himself a smart, effective political tactician.

“He’s very results-oriented. He doesn’t have a lot of patience for people who don’t pull their weight, and he’s a very strategic thinker,” said Alex Conant, a GOP strategist who worked with Ayers in 2012 on Tim Pawlenty’s short-lived bid for the Republican presidential nomination, and who counts himself a fan. "He’s been young for every job he’s ever had and he’s risen very quickly. Some people may not feel like he’s paid his dues."

 

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