Trump Offers Tepid Support to Mulvaney After U.K. Comments
- Acting chief of staff broke with administration view in Oxford
- Federal deficit ‘disturbing,’ Mulvaney said in Oxford remarks
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President Donald Trump offered tepid support for Mick Mulvaney, days after the acting White House chief of staff made candid comments in the U.K. that broke with elements of the administration’s policies.
“Yeah, he’s here now, sure, no problem,” Trump told reporters outside the White House as he prepared to depart for India, when asked if he still had confidence in the former South Carolina congressman.