US President Donald Trump¹ said last Saturday that White House chief of staff John Kelly will leave his job at the end of the year.

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普上周六表示，白宫办公厅主任约翰·凯利将于年底离职。

Trump called Kelly "a great guy," when speaking to reporters at the White House before leaving for the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia.

特朗普在离开白宫前往费城观看陆海军橄榄球对抗赛前对记者表示，凯利“是个很好的人”。

"He's been with me almost two years now. I appreciate his service very much," he said.

他说道：“他已经和我在一起差不多两年了。我非常感谢凯利的服务。”

The president said he would announce Kelly's successor "over the next day or two."

这位总统还表示，将在“未来一两天内”公布凯利的继任者。

Potential replacements³ include Vice² President Mike Pence's chief of staff Nick Ayers, who is seen as a leading contender, according to reports from CNN and Axios.

根据CNN和Axios的报道，潜在的接替人选包括副总统迈克·彭斯的幕僚长尼克·艾尔斯，他被视为该职位的一个有力竞争者。

Trump has been widely expected to reshuffle after the Nov 6 midterm elections and before the start of the second half of his first term.

外界普遍认为，特朗普会在11月6日中期选举之后、第一任期下半段开始之前进行人事调整。

Kelly, Trump's second chief of staff, took over the position from Reince Priebus in July 2017. Before that, he was the Trump administration's first secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

凯利是特朗普的第二任幕僚长，于2017年7月从雷恩斯·普里巴斯手中接过了这个职位。在那之前，他是特朗普任内的第一位国土安全部部长。