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White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has accepted President Trump's offer to stay through 2020, the WSJ scooped Tuesday and Axios can confirm.

Between the lines: These jobs are never permanent and Trump has been examining potential replacements, as the WSJ noted.

John Kelly accepts Trump's offer to stay through 2020

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White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has accepted President Trump&#x27;s offer to stay through 2020, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="the WSJ scooped Tuesday" data-vars-click-url="https://www.wsj.com/articles/john-kelly-has-told-white-house-staff-trump-asked-him-to-stay-in-post-through-2020-1533053182" data-vars-content-id="30853a75-0f81-4f89-b542-191d2da2f27a" data-vars-headline="John Kelly accepts Trump&#x27;s offer to stay through 2020" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/john-kelly-has-told-white-house-staff-trump-asked-him-to-stay-in-post-through-2020-1533053182" target="_blank">the WSJ scooped Tuesday</a> and Axios can confirm.Between the lines: These jobs are never permanent and Trump has been examining potential replacements, as the WSJ noted.

John Kelly accepts Trump's offer to stay through 2020

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