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During a senior staff meeting early Monday, Mulvaney brought up the press coverage he has faced and acknowledged that it was a “tough week,” two senior White House officials said. Senior staffers in the meeting responded with a round of applause, which the officials characterized as a show of support for the embattled chief of staff.
White House spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement to CNN over the weekend that Mulvaney “is still the acting chief of staff and has the President’s confidence.”
His appearance on the program did little to assuage concerns from some of Trump’s allies. And Mulvaney continued to make eyebrow raising comments, including as he attempted to explain Trump’s initial decision to host the G7 next year at his Doral property by pointing out that “at the end of the day…(Trump) still considers himself to be in the hospitality business.”
Mulvaney also belied some frustration of his own with the President, saying: “It’s not lost on me that if we made the decision on Thursday, we wouldn’t have had the press conference on Thursday regarding everything else. But that’s fine.”
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