Senior Trump adviser Dan Scavino is taking over as director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office — an influential role charged with staffing the administration, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: Scavino is Trump's longest-serving aide, having worked for the president since 2015, when Trump rode down an escalator in New York's Trump Tower and announced his first White House bid.

Zoom in: Scavino succeeds Sergio Gor, whom Trump is nominating to be ambassador to India.

What they're saying: "Dan Scavino is one of President Trump's most trusted and longest serving advisers. There is nobody better to ensure the the President's administration is staffed with the most qualified, competent, and America First-driven workers," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Axios.

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