Though chief of staff John Kelly’s tenure at the White House seemed shaky earlier in the week, the top White House official and President Donald Trump on Thursday reached an agreement that Kelly would remain for now, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday morning.
After Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Kelly indicated to colleagues that he may be the next staffer ousted from the administration, according to the Wall Street Journal. A CBS report Thursday morning indicated that Kelly could be one of several key administration officials to leave next.
Trump and Kelly met on Thursday, after which both men signaled that Kelly would remain as chief of staff for now, the Wall Street Journal reported. Trump said that Kelly was “100 percent safe” and Kelly told staff, “I’m in,” per the Journal.
And everyone breathed a collective sigh of relief at the knowledge that an unapologetic racist’s job in the White House is safe. Because that’s where we’re at as a country.
SAFE … for now. That means by lunchtime, we’ll all be holding our breath. Why not just appoint Sean Hannity as COS and be done with it. That way we’ll be closer to Celebrity Administration.
Maybe we’ll avoid a replay of this scenario:
The level of dysfunction in the WH, and the new moves (omg John Bolten!) leaves me spinning my head as to whether this deplorable dude is better off in or out of the admin - given who/what could take his place. And even typing that makes my head spin.
DJT Whitehouse - always worse than what one can imagine.
Wrong move Kelly…