Trump can't trust Pence

Because Pence can virtually taste the presidency coming his way, and maybe very soon.

Trump was furious when he learned Pence was bringing on Nikki Haley's deputy Jon Lerner, according to three sources familiar with the events. The President believed Lerner was a card-carrying member of the "Never Trump" movement because Lerner crafted brutal attack ads for Club for Growth's multimillion-dollar anti-Trump blitz during the Republican primaries.

  Axios

So I wonder how he got on Nikki Haley's team in the first place.

"Why would Mike do that?" Trump wondered aloud about Pence's decision, according to two sources briefed on the President's private conversations.

Indeed, why?

Trump told Kelly to get rid of Lerner. On Friday, as turmoil unfolded, Pence's team was on the plane to Peru for the Summit of the Americas. Pence's team got wind of what was happening, and when Pence landed he called the President and talked him around on Lerner, according to administration officials familiar with the situation. Trump was in the Oval when Pence called.

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The story in the Washington Post that broke the news of Lerner's appointment took White House officials by surprise.

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Pence's team argued internally that he'd done a great job for the past year working for Haley, has previously advised members of Congress on foreign policy and would be well-supported in Pence's office by subject matter experts. The sources said Kelly told colleagues that Pence's chief of staff Nick Ayers, who orchestrated the appointment, had not "fully informed" him of Lerner's anti-Trump history.

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Ayers has told associates, however, that he briefed Kelly on Lerner and also looped in other senior officials including Haley, John Bolton and Mike Pompeo. Lerner's been serving as Haley's deputy and was in the room for a sensitive Syria briefing in the Situation Room on Thursday.

Probably gathering intel for Pence, who, contrary to what Sarah Sanders says, wasn't there.

Pence and his team appear to have averted what would've been the VP's first personnel crisis. In the Pence team's eyes, it was a "minor confusion" that never should've escalated to the President and could've been resolved almost instantly had the Pence team not been on a plane when the drama was unfolding.

But now that Lerner is on Trump's radar, and Trump is super paranoid and under a great deal of stress, Trump may be chewing on it, and will definitely be watching for Lerner to appear. Best keep him in the back room, Mike.

And, Kelly, the President is already suspicious of you.  Don't think he doesn't think you're in on this.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE 4/16:

No, there was no "Comet interview" - typo: Comey.