JOHN KELLY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “John Kelly, Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff, did not mince words about his ex-boss as rioters violently stormed the Capitol on January 6, according to a new book. ‘If he was a real man, he would go down to the Capitol and tell them to stop,’ Kelly said of […]
Category: John Kelly
9/8/2020
2020 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/DEMS/FAKE NEWS/JOE BIDEN/JOHN KELLY/MEDIA/QUOTE: “A FAKE story [that Trump referred American WWI casualties as ‘losers’ and ‘suckers’] made up by the Democrats in order to save Biden’s failing campaign. Thanks Zach! RT @Surabees BREAKING: Zach Fuentes, Top Aide to John Kelly, Denies Atlantic Story About Trump ‘Fuentes unequivocally denied @TheAtlantic‘s report…Fuentes personally briefed Trump […]
9/7/2020
2020 ELECTION/FAKE NEWS/JOHN KELLY/MEDIA: “Exclusive: Zach Fuentes, Top Aide to John Kelly, Denies Atlantic Story About Trump https://breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/07/exclusive-zach-fuentes-top-aide-to-john-kelly-denies-atlantic-story-about-trump/ via @BreitbartNews Thanks Zach. Just more corrupt Fake News trying to change the course of our most important, ever, Election!” ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 7, 2020 6:49 am […]
9/4/2020
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “I know John Kelly; he was with me. Didn’t do a good job, had no temperament, and ultimately, he was petered out. He got — he was exhausted. This man was totally exhausted. He wasn’t even able to function in the last number of months. He was not able to function. He […]
6/4/2020
JAMES MATTIS/JOHN KELLY: “John Kelly didn’t know I was going to fire James Mattis, nor did he have any knowledge of my asking for a letter of resignation. Why would I tell him, he was not… …in my inner-circle, was totally exhausted by the job, and in the end just slinked away into obscurity. They […]
2/13/2020
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “When I terminated John Kelly, which I couldn’t do fast enough, he knew full well that he was way over his head. Being Chief of Staff just wasn’t for him. He came in with a bang, went out with a whimper, but like so many X’s, he misses the […]
5/3/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former White House chief of staff and retired Marine Gen. John Kelly has joined the board of directors for Caliburn International, the parent company of Comprehensive Health Services, which operates shelters for unaccompanied migrant children. One of the shelters the company operates is Homestead, a temporary influx facility in Florida that houses […]
3/7/2019
JARED KUSHNER/JOHN KELLY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The former White House chief of staff, John F. Kelly, on Wednesday [3-6-19] declined to answer questions about the existence of a memo he wrote saying that President Trump had ordered officials to give his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, a security clearance in May 2018. Mr. Kelly also broke with […]
3/7/2019
BORDER/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Former White House chief of staff John Kelly dismissed calls for a full border wall along the US-Mexico border, telling an audience at Duke University, ‘we don’t need a wall from sea to shining sea’…Kelly, who participated in a Q&A with Duke Professor of Political Science and Public Policy Peter Feaver […]
12/19/2018
JOHN KELLY/MICK MULVANEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “Outgoing White House chief of staff John Kelly tried and failed to bring a military discipline to the West Wing. Mick Mulvaney doesn’t plan to try. Mulvaney will approach the job far differently than Kelly, according to six sources close to the Trump aide and Republicans close to […]
12/14/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “I am pleased to announce that Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management & Budget, will be named Acting White House Chief of Staff, replacing General John Kelly, who has served our Country with distinction. Mick has done an outstanding job while in the Administration….” -Donald Trump, […]
12/11/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “President Donald Trump insisted on Tuesday [12-11-18] that he’s having no trouble finding a new chief of staff and that he is in ‘no rush’ to fill the job, despite having already burned through two such top aides and being turned down by his reported first choice…Trump’s rebuttals […]
12/11/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “President Trump extended his timeline on Tuesday [12-11-18] for choosing a new chief of staff to succeed John F. Kelly, telling reporters that he was in ‘no rush’ and that the search process could drag on for weeks as the White House scrambles to find a suitable candidate […]
12/10/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows wrote a secret memo last month about how House Republicans could counter Democratic plans to investigate and potentially impeach Donald Trump. Now, the president is eyeing the North Carolina Republican — one of his closest allies on Capitol Hill — […]
12/9/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “Nick Ayers, Donald Trump’s top choice to be his next chief of staff, is no longer in the running and the U.S. president is now considering at least two other candidates, sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday [12-9-18], the latest sign of a chaotic White House […]
12/8/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s Saturday [12-8-18] confirmation that chief of staff John Kelly will soon leave the White House signaled more than the end of a tortured relationship. It was the latest sign of Trump’s singular focus on his 2020 re-election campaign. Trump is likely to replace Kelly — a former […]
12/7/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “For the past month, Nick Ayers has been a White House chief of staff in waiting. President Donald Trump informally offered Ayers a job as his top aide during a private huddle at an election night party in the White House residence last month. Several White House staff and advisers […]
12/7/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Another day, another set of rumors about the future of White House Chief of Staff John Kelly. President Donald Trump and aides declined to comment publicly Friday [12-7-18] on news reports that Kelly will soon leave his post; some officials said privately there are signs that Kelly’s departure is imminent, […]
11/19/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump isn’t committing to a previous pledge to keep chief of staff John Kelly for the remainder of his term. It’s part of the widespread speculation about staffing changes that could soon sweep through his administration. Trump, in a wide-ranging interview that aired on ‘Fox News Sunday,’ praised […]
11/15/2018
DHS/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump mocked news stories Thursday [11-15-18] about imminent staff shake-ups, even as advisers tell reporters that post-election changes are on the way…Trump was not specific about possible changes, but aides said he is considering removing homeland security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and that White House Chief of Staff John […]
11/13/2018
CABINET/DHS/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump is moving toward major shuffles of his cabinet and his West Wing staff, as members of the Trump family are working to leave a mark on personnel decisions after a bruising midterm election cycle, several people familiar with the discussions said on Tuesday [11-13-18]. Mr. Trump is almost […]
11/13/2018
DHS/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to remove Department of Homeland Security chief Kirstjen Nielsen and is considering replacing chief of staff John Kelly in another shakeup of his administration, a source close to the White House said. Trump has been mulling removing Nielsen, a Kelly protege who became the […]
9/5/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you General Kelly, book is total fiction! https://t.co/J5iUONhRin“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 5, 2018 8:51 am […]
9/4/2018
DEMS/JAMES MATTIS/JOHN KELLY/MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Woodward book has already been refuted and discredited by General (Secretary of Defense) James Mattis and General (Chief of Staff) John Kelly. Their quotes were made up frauds, a con on the public. Likewise other stories and quotes. Woodward is a Dem operative? Notice timing?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 4, […]
9/4/2018
JOHN KELLY: “Statement from White House Chief of Staff, General John Kelly: https://t.co/LUN8cDr3N5“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 4, 2018 5:38 pm […]
8/14/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When you give a crazed, crying lowlife a break, and give her a job at the White House, I guess it just didn’t work out. Good work by General Kelly for quickly firing that dog!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 14, 2018 6:31 am […]
8/13/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “…really bad things. Nasty to people & would constantly miss meetings & work. When Gen. Kelly came on board he told me she was a loser & nothing but problems. I told him to try working it out, if possible, because she only said GREAT things about me – until she got […]
8/12/2018
JOHN KELLY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Omarosa Manigault Newman secretly taped John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, as he fired her in December in the Situation Room, a breach of security protocols, but one that revealed him suggesting that she could face damage to her reputation if she did not leave quietly. The […]
7/31/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House chief of staff John Kelly told staff on Monday [7-30-18] that President Trump had asked him to remain in his post through the 2020 election, White House officials said, a request that comes as tensions between the two men have eased in recent months. Mr. Kelly told staff he […]
7/31/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House Chief of Staff John Kelly plans to stay in his post through the presidential election until 2020, a White House official told Reuters, putting to rest months of speculation that the retired military general would be the next to leave U.S. President Donald Trump’s inner circle. The news of […]
7/30/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congratulations to General John Kelly. Today we celebrate his first full year as @WhiteHouse Chief of Staff! https://t.co/JWCaJ3GhHV“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 30, 2018 4:20 pm […]
7/26/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “John Kelly is on the cusp of a milestone: surviving one year as chief of staff to President Donald Trump. The job comes with the luxury of the second-best piece of real estate in the West Wing, but the biggest headaches. But as Kelly on Saturday [7-28-18] marks his one-year anniversary, […]
6/29/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday [6-29-18] he is not looking for a new chief of staff to replace John Kelly but at some point, ‘things happen.’ Kelly, a retired general, is nearing a year in the job and could be leaving soon, a source familiar with the situation […]
6/29/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is consulting with advisers about whom he should tap as his next chief of staff, with John Kelly expected to depart the administration as early as this summer, possibly soon, according to people familiar with the matter. The two front-runners for the job, the people said, are […]
6/28/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is consulting with advisers about whom he should tap as his next chief of staff, with John Kelly expected to depart the administration as early as this summer, possibly even this week, according to people familiar with the matter. The two front-runners for the job, the people […]
6/28/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With John Kelly’s tenure as White House chief of staff possibly winding down, President Donald Trump has been consulting with some of his advisers on who should succeed Kelly in that post, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday. Kelly, a retired general, is nearing a year in […]
6/1/2018
JOHN KELLY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump received a top-level visitor from North Korea on Friday [6-1-18] who came bearing a letter from the country’s dictator Kim Jong Un as the two sides work toward a meeting between the two world leaders. Trump was meeting in the Oval Office with Kim’s envoy, Kim Yong […]
5/2/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When President Trump learned this week that his chief of staff, John F. Kelly, reportedly called him ‘an idiot’ on several occasions, he expressed little in the way of frustration or anger, an uncharacteristically low-key response from someone with little tolerance for slights. Attending a fund-raising dinner on Monday [4-30-18], […]
4/30/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “The search for a new Veterans Affairs chief is wide open, with President Donald Trump considering as potential nominees a former Republican congressman, a hospital executive and his White House chief of staff, John Kelly, people familiar with the matter said. Dr. Ronny Jackson, the president’s doctor, pulled out of the running […]
4/23/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is increasingly relying on his personal cell phone to contact outside advisers, multiple sources inside and outside the White House told CNN, as Trump returns to the free-wheeling mode of operation that characterized the earliest days of his administration…Sources cited Trump’s stepped-up cell phone use as an example […]
4/8/2018
JOHN KELLY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is denying White House chief of staff John Kelly is suffering from diminished credibility and influence following a Washington Post report Saturday on Kelly’s recent struggles. ‘Story on John Kelly isn’t true, just another hit job!’ Trump wrote in a Sunday 4-8-2018] tweet that claimed the newspaper produces […]
4/6/2018
EPA/JOHN KELLY/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House Chief of Staff John Kelly told President Donald Trump last week that he is convinced Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt needs to step down after a series of negative reports about his spending habits and management style, a White House official said Friday [4-6-18]. Though Mr. […]
4/5/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When President Donald Trump made a congratulatory phone call to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, White House chief of staff John Kelly wasn’t on the line. When Trump tapped John Bolton to be his next national security adviser, Kelly wasn’t in the room. And when Trump spent a Mar-a-Lago weekend chafing over […]
3/16/2018
JOHN KELLY/REX TILLERSON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump and White House chief of staff John Kelly have settled on a truce, at least temporarily, as the latest round of staff tumult continues to ripple through the West Wing, according to people familiar with the discussions. Jarred by the treatment of former Secretary of State […]
3/16/2018
JOHN KELLY/REX TILLERSON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump and White House chief of staff John Kelly have settled on a truce, at least temporarily, as the latest round of staff tumult continues to ripple through the West Wing, according to people familiar with the discussions. Jarred by the treatment of former Secretary of State […]
3/8/2018
2016 ELECTION/JOHN KELLY/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA: “White House chief of staff John Kelly has warned President Donald Trump to be careful about talking to witnesses in the Russia investigation, a White House official told CNN on Thursday [3-8-18]… This official described the President’s discussion with Priebus as appropriate… But this official made it clear that the President’s […]
3/2/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House chief of staff John Kelly said he regretted his handling of the departure of Rob Porter, whose resignation last month resulted in an overhaul of security-clearance rules and played an indirect part in the confusion over the rollout of President Donald Trump’s new trade tariffs. When Mr. Porter […]
3/2/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA/JARED KUSHNER: “President Donald Trump is asking chief of staff John Kelly for help in pushing his daughter and son-in-law out of the White House, The New York Times reports. The Times, citing two people familiar with Trump’s views, said Trump has been frustrated with his son-in-law Kushner after his top […]
3/1/2018
DHS/JOHN KELLY: “White House chief of staff John Kelly expressed some regret about leaving the Department of Homeland Security for his current job, suggesting he was being divinely ‘punished.’ Onstage at a DHS anniversary event Thursday [3-1-18] featuring current and former secretaries, Kelly noted his short tenure as secretary — six months — and got […]
2/26/2018
JOHN KELLY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “President Donald Trump’s decision to punt the issue of whether Jared Kushner can keep his access to sensitive government secrets without a full security clearance to his chief of staff, John Kelly, has put him in a tricky position, stuck between the rules on one side and the […]
2/22/2018
JOHN KELLY/MCMASTER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Longstanding friction between U.S. President Donald Trump and two top aides, the National Security Adviser and the Chief of Staff, has grown to a point that either or both might quit soon, four senior administration officials said. Both H.R. McMaster and John Kelly are military men considered by U.S. political […]
2/20/2018
JOHN KELLY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, is resisting giving up his access to highly classified information, prompting an internal struggle with John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, over who should be allowed to see some of the nation’s most sensitive secrets, according to White House […]
2/14/2018
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JOHN KELLY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Nine days into the Rob Porter scandal, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is pushing for senior officials who made the decisions surrounding the former White House staff secretary’s security clearance to take over the task of explaining—and defending—those decisions to the public. Since Tuesday [2-13-18], when FBI director Chris […]
2/11/2018
JOHN KELLY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The furor over spousal abuse allegations that forced the resignation of one of President Trump’s top advisers last week has exposed fissures within the White House that had been papered over since John F. Kelly took over last summer as chief of staff with a mandate to end the dysfunction. Aides […]
2/11/2018
JOHN KELLY/NATIONAL SECURITY: “President Donald Trump has full confidence in John Kelly, White House officials said Sunday [2-11-18], after the president in recent days had privately criticized his chief of staff’s handling of domestic-abuse allegations against a senior aide. Top officials also defended Mr. Trump’s recent public statements about abuse, in which he emphasized that […]
2/8/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Among the many people agitated this week over John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, was President Trump. And among the people the president called to express dissatisfaction, according to those close to him, was none other than Reince Priebus, the previous chief of staff, who also irritated Mr. Trump… […]
2/9/2018
FBI/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House chief of staff John Kelly was told several weeks ago that the FBI would recommend denying full security clearances to multiple White House aides who had been working in the West Wing on interim security clearances. Those aides, according to a senior administration official, included former White House staff secretary […]
2/8/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House said Thursday [2-8-18] it could have better handled the domestic-abuse allegations that led to the resignation of staff secretary Rob Porter, as the president’s chief of staff faced mounting questions about how he dealt with the accusations… Scrutiny focused on chief of staff John Kelly, who worked closely with […]
2/8/2018
JOHN KELLY: “Chief of staff John Kelly’s search for a No. 2, which has dragged on for more than four months, shows no signs of wrapping up anytime soon. The White House was widely expected to make a public announcement about the position early this year, with officials floating a senior administration lawyer, Jim Carroll, […]
2/7/2018
DEMS/INTELLIGENCE/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House lawyers have until Thursday [2-8-18] to recommend whether President Donald Trump should release a classified Democratic memo rebutting Republican allegations of wrongdoing in the federal investigation of a former Trump campaign aide. White House chief of staff John Kelly said Tuesday he told lawyers reviewing the document to ‘get […]
2/6/2018
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/JOHN KELLY: “White House chief of staff John Kelly suggested Tuesday [2-6-18] that some undocumented immigrants were ‘too afraid’ or ‘too lazy’ to sign up for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program… Later Tuesday, after another meeting on Capitol Hill, Kelly said some people who were DACA eligible but didn’t sign up had reasons […]
2/6/2018
IMMIGRATION/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House signaled little flexibility on immigration on Tuesday [2-6-18] , saying lawmakers must pass a bill on President Donald Trump’s terms and offering no relief on the tight timeline for Congress. White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, who has been a key adviser to Mr. Trump on immigration, […]
1/31/2018
FBI/GOP/INTELLIGENCE/JOHN KELLY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “FBI Director Christopher Wray sent a striking signal to the White House Wednesday [1-31-18], issuing a rare public warning that a controversial Republican memo about the FBI’s surveillance practices omits key information that could impact its veracity. The move sets up an ugly clash with the President who wants it […]
1/23/2018
FAKE NEWS/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you to General John Kelly, who is doing a fantastic job, and all of the Staff and others in the White House, for a job well done. Long hours and Fake reporting makes your job more difficult, but it is always great to WIN, and few have won more […]
1/21/2018
IMMIGRATION/JOHN KELLY/STEVE BANNON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House Chief of Staff John Kelly is emerging from his usual behind-the-scenes role to become one of the president’s chief conservative anchors on the immigration issue, a spot once occupied by former chief strategist Steve Bannon. While Mr. Kelly drew the president’s ire last week after suggesting his boss’s […]
1/19/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP POSITION CHANGES: “After moving into his West Wing corner office, John Kelly, President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, replaced the three large flatscreen televisions over the fireplace with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. The quiet imposed by the retired four-star Marine general presents a counterpoint to Trump and his loyalists, many of whom […]
1/18/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP POSITION CHANGES: “President Donald Trump vented frustration at White House Chief of Staff John Kelly on Wednesday [1-17-18], upset about how Mr. Kelly described his immigration views in a Fox News interview and how he presented them to members of Congress earlier in the day, according to a person familiar with […]
1/17/2018
DEMS/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s chief of staff privately told a group of Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday [1-17-18] that Mr. Trump had not been ‘fully informed’ when promising voters a wall along the Mexican border last year, and said that he had persuaded the president it was not necessary. He also expressed optimism that […]
12/19/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Top senators and White House officials are laying the groundwork for a major immigration deal in January to resolve the fate of young undocumented immigrants whose legal protections were put in limbo by President Donald Trump. At a Tuesday [12-19-17] afternoon meeting with nearly a dozen senators deeply involved in immigration […]
12/1/2017
JOHN KELLY/REX TILLERSON/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The relationship between White House chief of staff John Kelly and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has soured in recent months, leaving the former Exxon CEO without a single top ally in the White House as talk has ramped up of him being replaced at the State Department. Kelly, once Tillerson’s […]
11/29/2017
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When John Kelly accepted the position of White House chief of staff last July, he framed his main function as imposing order, including instituting a formal process for the documents and news articles that reached the Resolute Desk. But President Donald Trump’s increasingly incendiary Twitter feed, which remains outside Kelly’s control, […]
10/31/2017
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House Chief of Staff John Kelly’s comment that the U.S. Civil War was sparked by a lack of ‘compromise’ drew criticism and reignited a debate over Confederate monuments and the role of slavery. In an interview on Monday [10-30-17] night with Fox News, Kelly was asked whether a Virginia church should […]
10/28/2017
CIA/JOHN KELLY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After strict consultation with General Kelly, the CIA and other Agencies, I will be releasing ALL #JFKFiles other than the names and… addresses of any mentioned person who is still living. I am doing this for reasons of full disclosure, transparency and… in order to put any and all conspiracy […]
10/20/2017
MEDIA/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said something during her daily press briefing Friday [10-20-17] that actually took my breath away. CBS News’ Chip Reid asked Sanders about a factual inaccuracy in White House chief of staff and retired Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly’s attack on Florida Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson on […]
10/19/2017
JOHN KELLY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House Chief of Staff John Kelly defended President Donald Trump’s comments to an Army widow, saying the president expressed his condolences to the families of fallen soldiers the ‘best way he could.’… Mr. Kelly, who said he had counseled the president on what to say, denounced Ms. Wilson, calling her […]
10/17/2017
JOHN KELLY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [10-17-17] invoked the death of the son of his chief of staff, John Kelly, as he defended his claim from a day before that Barack Obama and other past presidents didn’t always call the families of slain service members… ‘Now, as far as other representatives, I […]
10/12/2017
JOHN KELLY/MEDIA: “White House chief of staff John Kelly told reporters on Thursday [10-12-17] he was not so frustrated in his job that he was considering leaving, tamping down reports about tension in the West Wing. ‘Although I read it all the time, pretty consistently … I‘m not quitting today. I don’t believe, and I […]
10/12/2017
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House Chief of Staff John Kelly defended his moves to manage the West Wing and better control access to President Donald Trump, while also brushing off talk that he was frustrated in the post. Mr. Kelly said he has imposed more organization on the West Wing but isn’t running operations […]
10/10/2017
FAKE NEWS/JOHN KELLY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [10-10-17] night rebuffed what he said was a news report claiming that his chief of staff ‘will soon be fired,’ even though there appeared to be no such reporting by the national media. ‘The Fake News is at it again, this time trying to hurt […]
10/7/2017
JOHN KELLY/REX TILLERSON/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump addressed questions Saturday [10-7-17] evening about his relationships with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and White House chief of staff John Kelly amid reporting about tensions among his top aides. ‘I have a very good relationship’ with Tillerson, Trump told reporters as he left the White House […]
10/5/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House officials believe that chief of staff John Kelly’s personal cell phone was compromised, potentially as long ago as December, according to three U.S. government officials. The discovery raises concerns that hackers or foreign governments may have had access to data on Kelly’s phone while he was secretary of the […]
9/18/2017
JOHN KELLY/NAFTA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has been increasingly sidelined during meetings and cut off from his once-regular access to the Oval Office as chief of staff John Kelly has moved to impose greater order on the West Wing. But Navarro, a hard-liner on trade who has clashed with his more […]
9/8/2017
JOHN KELLY: “Chief of staff John Kelly’s no-nonsense deputy, Kirstjen Nielsen, has only been working in the White House for five weeks. But in her short tenure, the new sheriff’s no. 2 has already helped set a new tone in the West Wing that was described by more than ten senior administration officials and outside […]
9/7/2017
DHS/JOHN KELLY/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Texas Rep. Mike McCaul has emerged as a leading candidate in the White House’s search for a homeland security secretary, according to three people familiar with the conversations. The White House hasn’t rushed to fill the post — which was vacated in July when President Donald Trump tapped John Kelly, who […]
9/3/2017
JAMES MATTIS/JOHN KELLY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I will be meeting General Kelly, General Mattis and other military leaders at the White House to discuss North Korea. Thank you.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, 2017 11:07am […]
9/1/2017
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “General John Kelly is doing a great job as Chief of Staff. I could not be happier or more impressed – and this Administration continues to… get things done at a record clip. Many big decisions to be made over the coming days and weeks. AMERICA FIRST!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 1, […]
8/25/2017
FAKE NEWS/JOHN KELLY: “General John Kelly is doing a fantastic job as Chief of Staff. There is tremendous spirit and talent in the W.H. Don’t believe the Fake News” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 25, 2017 05:40am […]
8/20/2017
JOHN KELLY/STEVE BANNON/TRUMP PEOPLE: “John F. Kelly, the new White House chief of staff, told Stephen K. Bannon in late July that he needed to go: No need for it to get messy, Mr. Kelly told Mr. Bannon, according to several people with firsthand knowledge of the exchange. The two worked out a mutually amicable […]
8/11/2017
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House chief of staff John Kelly spent this week in Bedminster, N.J., pondering changes in the West Wing, according to four White House officials. Kelly summoned aides to President Donald Trump’s golf club there to ask about their portfolios and make suggestions on how to make the West Wing […]
8/11/2017
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Under former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, there was no formal policymaking process in the West Wing: no set protocol for meeting with the president, giving him information, or presenting various options with which to make decisions. Sometimes, multiple staffers said, disagreements broke out in the Oval Office in […]
8/3/2017
JOHN KELLY: “In his six months as Homeland Security secretary, John F. Kelly often described the White House as one of the most dysfunctional organizations he had ever seen, complained to colleagues and allies about its meddling, incompetence and recklessness, and was once so angry he briefly considered quitting. Now as President Trump’s chief of […]
8/3/2017
JOHN KELLY/MCMASTER: “National security adviser H.R. McMaster, who has waged a pitched battle with other senior staff for control over policy and personnel on the National Security Council, is taking advantage of the shield offered by the arrival of his old military colleague John Kelly as White House chief of staff. Kelly told McMaster this […]
8/2/2017
JEFF SESSIONS/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “New White House Chief of Staff John Kelly told Attorney General Jeff Sessions last weekend that his job was safe after Sessions endured several weeks of sharp public criticism from President Donald Trump, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday [8-2-17]. Kelly, who was named chief of staff by Trump […]
7/31/2017
ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “John F. Kelly, President Trump’s new chief of staff, firmly asserted his authority on his first day in the White House on Monday [7-31-17], telling aides he will impose military discipline on a free-for-all West Wing, and he underscored his intent by firing Anthony Scaramucci, the bombastic communications director, 10 […]
7/31/2017
ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Anthony Scaramucci was removed from his position as White House communications director, just 10 days after his appointment to the post. Mr. Scaramucci, who is nicknamed ‘The Mooch,’ was removed at the urging of former Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly, who was sworn in as White House chief of staff […]
7/28/2017
TRUMP PEOPLE/JOHN KELLY/REINCE PRIEBUS: “Reince Priebus, the establishment Republican-turned-loyalist to President Trump who served as his White House chief of staff for the last six months, was pushed out on Friday in the latest convulsion in a chaos-wracked West Wing to which he had repeatedly failed to bring some semblance of order. Convinced that Mr. […]
7/28/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/JOHN KELLY: “I am pleased to inform you that I have just named General/Secretary John F Kelly as White House Chief of Staff. He is a Great American… and a Great Leader. John has also done a spectacular job at Homeland Security. He has been a true star of my Administration” -Donald […]
7/19/2017
2016 ELECTION/CYBERWAR/DHS/TRUMP PEOPLE/JOHN KELLY: “Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said Wednesday [7-19-17] that states that aren’t asking Washington for help in protecting their election systems from hackers are ‘nuts.’ But while Kelly said he supported the Obama administration’s decision to designate U.S. election systems ‘critical infrastructure,’ given threats from Russia and other entities, he also […]
7/13/2017
DHS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/JOHN KELLY: “President Barack Obama’s program that has protected 800,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation is likely to be struck down soon by federal courts, predict the Trump administration and even defenders of the program. Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly warned the Congressional Hispanic Caucus this week that the program to protect so-called […]
6/16/2017
DHS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/JOHN KELLY: “The Trump administration late Thursday [6-15-17] announced that it has formally reversed part of President Obama’s immigration actions from 2014. The Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents, or DAPA, program would have deferred deportations for the undocumented parents of U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents who […]