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Trump On Firing Tom Price: ‘We’ll See’

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Alex Pfeiffer White House Correspondent
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President Donald Trump told reporters Wednesday that he is “not happy” about Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price’s reported use of private planes in office, and left the door open to firing the cabinet secretary.

“I’m not happy with Tom. I’m not happy, and I let him know it,” Trump said. When asked whether he will fire Price, Trump replied, “We’ll see.”

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 21: U.S. President Donald Trump and HHS Secretary Tom Price walk to a House Republican closed party conference on Capitol Hill, on March 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Trump is urging House Republicans to support his American Health Care Act. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 21: U.S. President Donald Trump and HHS Secretary Tom Price walk to a House Republican closed party conference on Capitol Hill, on March 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Trump is urging House Republicans to support his American Health Care Act. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Price has reportedly spent more than $400,000 of taxpayer money since joining the administration on private plane travel that the Health and Human Services inspector general is now probing.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday that Price’s trips weren’t “White House-approved travel.”