Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20181215:18:33:00
Like we'll deal with that later? >> right, there are a couple of things that are curious about this mulvaney appointment. number one, he's calling him acting chief of staff. this is not a senate confirmable position where the president can't simply appoint someone permanently for that role. the second thing is mulvaney is currently the head of the omb, the budget office which is a senate confirmable position and he is not resigning from that office according to the white house because that's not an office where you can shuffle people in and out. that suggests that on some level the president m...