The morning after Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel met with Donald Trump for more than two hours about the status and future of the RNC, McDaniel's chief of staff announced that he will be leaving the RNC at the end of February.

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Politico reported that Mike Reed made the announcement in a note to staff Tuesday morning:

In an email to staff on Tuesday, obtained by POLITICO, he said that he wanted to focus on his “growing family [that] needs and deserves my attention.”

“I know the timing of this news comes as many rumors in the press swirl and we prepare to merge with the presumptive nominee. I assure you, the RNC is in an incredibly strong position,” Reed wrote.

“We always knew there would be some changes once we had a presumptive nominee, and we welcome that,” he wrote. “Chairman McDaniel has had great conversations with President Trump over the last few days and weeks. She will continue to lead this organization to merge seamlessly should he be the nominee.”

Unnamed sources told Politico that the move had nothing to do with the current challenges facing the RNC, including its worst fundraising year in a decade and heavy scrutiny of its expenditures and prioritization of spending after an exclusive RedState analysis published last week.

🚨OUCH🚨 This is the RNC fundraising when adjusted for inflation. We just had the worst fundraising haul in 30 years.

It’s going to be a bloodbath in November, don’t say you weren’t warned. pic.twitter.com/tBihdhCvIg

— Dustin Grage 🇺🇸 (@GrageDustin) February 2, 2024

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Those sources said that Reed had accepted a position with lobbying firm Cornerstone last fall but stayed on through last week's RNC winter meeting in Las Vegas.

In a statement, McDaniel called Reed “a calm and steady hand.”

“I will miss having Mike guide me and our staff,” she added, “but I am so happy and excited for his next adventure and that he will be able to spend more time with his wife Alice and their beautiful children.”

Reed became deputy chief of staff in 2020, then chief of staff in January 2022 when Richard Walters moved out of the role to become McDaniel's senior advisor.

Before meeting with McDaniel on Monday, Trump filmed an interview with Newsmax's Rob Schmitt in which he said "I think she knows that, I think she understands that," in response to a question from Rob Schmitt as to whether it was time for McDaniel to step aside. Hours later, in a post at Truth Social, Trump said he would "mak[e] a decision the day after the South Carolina Primary as to my recommendations for RNC Growth."