Washington( CNN) It's rare in Donald Trump's Washington for anyone to outshine the President. And usually when you do, it spells bad news for your job security.

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency was, as of this writing, clinging to his task amid a week of horrific headlines not find since the last Trump Cabinet official — David Shulkin at Veteran Affairs — was fired.

Pruitt's inability to stay out of the headlines led to a series of tepid quotes from Trump and White House press secretary Sarah Sanders about his future job prospects. Trump met with the controversy-ridden agency head on Friday, a senior White House official confirmed to CNN.

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