Melania wants him gone? More tea leaves...

Why Mike Dubke matters. A lot., analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large

Updated 5:19 PM ET, Tue May 30, 2017

[....] This was an example of Trump bending a knee -- or at least acknowledging -- the GOP establishment that he had scorned for so long! He was finally normalizing!

Except not. Dubke never seemed able (or willing) to penetrate the hard shell of those advisers who had either a) been with Trump for long period of time or b) were related to the President. Dubke was touted when he was hired for his willingness to play a behind-the-scenes role. But Dubke, during his short stint in the White House was so behind-the-scenes as to seem totally nonexistent.

For all of the talk of Trump's willingness to bring in an outsider -- and an outsider with ties to Karl Rove, no less! -- Trump never really accepted Dubke as one of his people. Which, rather than disproving the caricature of Trump as insular and partial to "yes" men, only served to reinforce it.

And, even as Dubke was on the way out, there was increasing chatter that two longtime Trump loyalists -- Corey Lewandowski, who managed Trump's campaign during its formative stages, and David Bossie, who served as deputy campaign manager in its later stages -- were on their way back in. As CNN's Jim Acosta reported [....]