David Gergen actually said...

The Chief of Staff is not going to make a decision, absent presidential direction of such weight and so controversial without taking it to the boss to start with.

Context

David Gergen asserts that a Chief of Staff, including Mick Mulvaney, would not act independently without direction from the President.

11/07/2019

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