Some top Trump appointees have learned the hard way that serving at the pleasure of the president is no easy task (read: Rex). But newly installed Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is casting his boss's bigly persona as a refreshing chance for sweeping reform.
Azar told employees yesterday that President Trump's marching orders are essentially this: Do “very big and bold things.” That's what he loves about working with the president, Azar said in a live-streamed, all-staff meeting at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
“In areas in the past where traditional political operatives said this is untouchable, Seema and I don't get that kind of guidance,” Azar added, referring to CMS Administrator Seema Verma. “It's ‘do the right things, solve big problems and come up with big solutions.' ”
