Days after replacing John Kelly, the president’s new chief of staff is already putting a personal stamp on the role.
.. But Mulvaney served as one of the president’s few companions in what Trump himself described as an empty and lonely White House over the holidays, working out of the West Wing when most White House aides were on vacation or furloughed as part of the partial shutdown Trump has precipitated... Thanks to changes the Trump administration negotiated to the NAFTA trade deal last year, Mulvaney explained, “American workers are going to do better, the government is going to do better, and you could make the argument that Mexico is paying for it in that fashion.“
Mulvaney in 2016: Trump should be disqualified
Incoming White House acting-chief of staff Mick Mulvaney once said Donald Trump’s past words and actions would disqualify him from becoming president in an “ordinary universe.”