Outgoing White House chief of staff Reince Priebus Reinhold (Reince) Richard PriebusLeaked audio shows Trump touted low Black voter turnout in 2016: report Meadows joins White House facing reelection challenges Trump names Mark Meadows as new chief of staff MORE on Friday pushed back on the possibility that he may become the next U.S. ambassador to Greece following his departure from the White House.

"No, that's not going to happen," Priebus told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation Room" in his first interview since President Trump announced Friday he would replace him with Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly.

"I think I'm going to take a little vacation, spend sometime with my wife and kids, and enjoy the future, and continue to be supportive," Priebus continued.

The New York Times reported in May that Trump had joked with Priebus, whose mother is of Greek descent, that he would make him the U.S. ambassador to Greece.

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Speculation mounted when Priebus requested a list of ambassadors to be compiled and the Greek ambassadorship was left black, according to the Times.

Priebus' interview Friday followed the latest in a major staff shakeup at the White House.

Trump tapped Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci as his new communications director last Friday, resulting in the resignation of press secretary Sean Spicer.

Scaramucci, who had tension with Priebus, lashed out at the chief of staff in an interview with The New Yorker this week in which he called Priebus "a f------ paranoid schizophrenic."

Priebus chose not to respond to Scaramucci's comments on Friday, but praised Trump's decision to "hit a reset button."

"The president has a right to change directions. The president has a right to hit a reset button. I think it was a good time to hit the reset button," Priebus said.

"I think it was something the White House needs," he added.