Who Is Mark Meadows?

            My VIP for this week is Mark Meadows, the new chief of staff for Donald Trump. He will replace Mick Mulvaney, the acting chief of staff, who will become special envoy to Northern Ireland. 

Currently a GOP representative from North Carolina, Meadows was first elected to Congress in 2012. He is a staunch conservative who was co-founder of the House Freedom Caucus. He was instrumental in forcing Speaker of the House John Boehner’s decision to resign. 

Meadows comes to the job highly recommended by the people who have worked with him for the past eight years. Representative Jim Jordan, a man that I respect a lot, said the following: “Mark Meadows is smart, loyal, and a true patriot. He’s a good man and my best friend! Couldn’t have picked anyone better for the job.”

The duties and responsibilities of the chief of staff fall into the management and advisor area, and Meadows should be good in both. The responsibilities include: hire and supervise White House staff, structure the White House staff system, control the flow of people into the Oval Office, manage the flow of information, protect the interests of the president, negotiate with Congress and others to implement the president’s agenda, and advise the president and tell him things that he does not want to hear.

Only time will tell what effect Meadows will have on Trump and his administration, but I wish him well!