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 was sort of a tough guy. By the time he got eaten up in this world — it’s a different world than he was used to — he was unable to function. And I told him, ‘John, you’re going to have to go. Please give me your letter of resignation.’ And we did that. And now he goes out and bad — bad mouths.
Now, there are people that are jealous. There are people that are upset that they’re not here anymore… Just so you understand, he was a very — if you look at some of his news conferences, what happened to him: He got eaten alive. He was unable to handle the pressure of this job.”
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Press Briefing | September 4, 2020,” whitehouse.gov, Sep. 4, 2020