Vice President Mike Pence Michael (Mike) Richard PenceGardner signals support for taking up Supreme Court nominee this year Biden leads Trump by 12 points among Catholic voters: poll GOP brushes back charges of hypocrisy in Supreme Court fight MORE on Friday congratulated incoming White House Chief of Staff John Kelly on his appointment, moments after President Trump announced via Twitter that he would replace Reince Priebus with Kelly.

“Congratulations to my friend General/Secretary John Kelly for being named @WhiteHouse Chief of Staff. I know you will do a great job! #MAGA,” Pence wrote.

Congratulations to my friend General/Secretary John Kelly for being named @WhiteHouse Chief of Staff. I know you will do a great job! #MAGA https://t.co/GM5pMEj1cq — Vice President Pence (@VP) July 28, 2017

Trump tweeted Friday afternoon that Kelly would take the position, calling Kelly a "true star" of his administration.

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"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..." he tweeted.



His announcement comes after reports of a feud between Priebus and newly-appointed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, who called him a "paranoid schizophrenic" in a New Yorker interview this week.