Mr. Trump called Mr. Meadows on Thursday to offer him the job, according to a person familiar with the discussion. Mr. Mulvaney, who took an annual trip to Nevada this week, learned of the decision on Friday, another person familiar with the events said. Mr. Mulvaney did not travel with the president to Florida; instead, he sent his top deputy, Emma Doyle.
The replacement was widely seen in the West Wing as a chance for Mr. Trump to reinvigorate his staff, over which Mr. Mulvaney was seen as losing control. In Mr. Meadows, the president will have an ally who he has treated as a confidant and a bellwether of congressional conservatives for much of his term.
Mr. Meadows takes over as Hope Hicks, the former White House communications director, returns on Monday in a new role working for Mr. Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner.
Maggie Haberman contributed reporting from New York, and Michael D. Shear from Washington.
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