Trump announced new chief of staff through twitter

Reince Priebus will go down as the shortest-serving White House chief of staff in the history of the United States.

President Donald Trump announced Priebus was out of the job on Friday evening, and that Trump had replaced him with Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly. 

The president heralded the end of Priebus's term with a few tweets sent from Air Force One, after Priebus had already disembarked the plane. 

I am pleased to inform you that I have just named General/Secretary John F Kelly as White House Chief of Staff. He is a Great American....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017

...and a Great Leader. John has also done a spectacular job at Homeland Security. He has been a true star of my Administration

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017

I would like to thank Reince Priebus for his service and dedication to his country. We accomplished a lot together and I am proud of him!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017

As is the custom now, Twitter went into its usual post-bombshell convulsions.

the national desk just started yelling

— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) July 28, 2017

excuse me whom is running the homeland security

— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) July 28, 2017

My vote to whomever promises like one goddamn chill Friday a month

— Danielle Tcholakian (@danielleiat) July 28, 2017

Lol Priebus got fired before we could finish our “Priebus just got fired” prewrite.

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 28, 2017

Staff at the White House evidently found out about their new boss via Trump's tweets.

White House staff found out the same way we all did: Twitter

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) July 28, 2017