Trump Finds a Way to Bypass His Chief of Staff

[DonViejo]

Source: PoliticalWire




December 3, 2017 at 9:32 am EST By Taegan Goddard

Wall Street Journal: “The president on occasion has called White House aides to the private residence in the evening, where he makes assignments and asks them not tell Mr. Kelly about the plans, according to several people familiar with the matter. At least once, aides have declined to carry out the requested task so as not to run afoul of Mr. Kelly, one of these people said.”

“The president, who values counsel from an informal group of confidants outside the White House, also sometimes bypasses the normal scheduling for phone calls that give other White House staff, including Mr. Kelly, some control and influence over who the president talks to and when.”

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Read more: https://politicalwire.com/2017/12/03/trump-finds-way-bypass-chief-staff/

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Trump is delivered orders by Putin via one of his aides and Kelly, while a total and

complete unacceptable fucking ass, would have issues with the treason so trump has to bypass him with the info.

Trump is committing treason daily.

His supporters dont care.

[FarPoint]

6. They need to speak up to Kelly and/ or...

Give factual examples...to the public...

[The_jackalope]

11. I'm sure Kelly is now going to be asking some pointed questions. nt

[elleng]

2. 'At least once, aides have declined to carry out the requested task

so as not to run afoul of Mr. Kelly, one of these people said.”

[Girard442]

3. Dudes, quit. Just quit.

[FarPoint]

7. Reminds me of a drunk...

Saying they only had one beer Officers...

[tanyev]

4. WHY does anyone outside of blood or nuptial relation continue working for this man?

[barbtries]

5. i don't know how to express the times we're living in.

it feels like it's so crazy the logical denouement is a huge explosion. and after that? who fucking knows.

[Thor_MN]

8. How do we know this? Asshole isn't releasing visitor logs.

Is this more leaks? Sounds like the bilge pumps can't keep up.

[burrowowl]

9. TREASONOUS POS!

needs to be jailed

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. I can't figure out if Kelly

is a blessing or just totally useless.

On one hand, he has no control over Trump, and on the other hand if he stifled Trump we wouldn't see how insane he really is.

[malthaussen]

12. HR Haldeman would have had a bird if Nixon pulled this...

... why have a Chief of Staff if you're keeping him out of the loop?

-- Mal

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. GENERAL JOHN KELLY IS NOT THE DAD OF HIM, DONALD TRUMP!!!

When secret club meetings in the residence don’t work, Trump and his pals have found another way to sneak around behind Kelly’s back, and it is to just call Melania, because she’s a permissive, “fun” mom, we guess:

… [S]ome of his friends have taken to calling Melania Trump and asking her to pass messages to her husband, according to two people familiar with the matter. They say that since she arrived in the White House from New York in the summer, the first lady has taken on a more central role as a political adviser to the president.

...
This is a scene that never happens in the White House:

MELANIA: John Kelly, hey look over there!

[John Kelly looks OVER THERE and sees nothing besides Stephen Miller yet again trying to convince Hope Hicks he would be really good at sex if somebody would just give him a chance to try it out. Totally normal. Meanwhile, Melania Trump does a series of Sydney Bristow-style ninja kicks and somersaults, climbs across the Oval Office ceiling with special sticky bat feet, then suspends herself in mid-air over the Resolute Desk and whispers, “Roger Stone called and said he’s been assassinated by the Deep State again. We should send a get well card, no?”]

KELLY: Alas, Melania has foiled me again!

Whatever, we bet that’s exactly what happens.

https://wonkette.com/626569/general-john-kelly-is-not-the-dad-of-him-donald-trump