Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus dismissed reports that he would be President-elect Donald Trump’s chief of staff as “crazy.”
{mosads}In an interview with MSNBC’s Chuck Todd, Priebus dodged questions about whether he would serve in the Trump administration before calling it a crazy proposition.
“That’s not something that we’re talking about. I know people don’t believe those things when people — but we’re just not talking about those sorts of plans right now,” Priebus said.
“It’s been a day, basically. And there’s — it’s a slow moving process.”
Asked directly if he would serve in a Trump administration, Priebus said, “I would be honored to continue to help him in any way that I can. But right now, I’m the chairman of the RNC. I love the job.”
At the end of the interview, Todd said he hoped to have the first interview with Priebus as Trump’s chief of staff.
“Oh, please. That’s not — that’s crazy,” Priebus said.
Priebus and Steve Bannon, Trump’s campaign CEO, have been floated as possible chiefs of staff.
Also being considered, according to The New York Times, are Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s first campaign manager, who was fired in June, and Kellyanne Conway, his most recent campaign manager.