At an event Wednesday in Michigan, President Donald Trump gestured toward his chief of staff, Reince Priebus, and suggested that Priebus might someday run a car company, adding that “he's done a great job.” | Getty Trump floats the idea that Priebus may run a car company one day

Reince Priebus may already have a job, but President Donald Trump apparently already has ideas about what might be next for his White House chief of staff.

At an event Wednesday in Michigan celebrating American automotive manufacturing, Trump gestured toward Priebus and suggested that chief of staff might someday run a car company, adding that “he's done a great job.” The exchange, captured by the traveling pool of reporters covering the president, came during a round-table discussion with union leaders and executives from automotive manufacturers.


Before sitting down for the discussion, Trump was shown a collection of 10 U.S.-made vehicles from a variety of domestic and foreign manufacturers. The president talked up the successes he has claimed thus far into his administration on job creation in the U.S. manufacturing sector, promising to “to bring a lot of jobs back to Michigan and Ohio and Pennsylvania,” all states he won in last year’s election.

Trump also called over Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder to pose for a photograph with him, inviting the governor over “even though you didn't endorse me," a remark that the press pool noted elicited awkward laughter from those in the room.