Trump, Trade Adviser Deny WaPo Report That John Kelly’s Influence Is Waning

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly chats with reporters before a roundtable discussion on the MS-13 gang in the Cabinet Room of the White House on February 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN ... White House Chief of Staff John Kelly chats with reporters before a roundtable discussion on the MS-13 gang in the Cabinet Room of the White House on February 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Following a Saturday report in the Washington Post indicating that White House chief of staff John Kelly’s influence over President Donald Trump and the White House has diminished since the beginning of his tenure, both Trump and his trade adviser on Sunday bashed the piece as incorrect.

“He serves the president, he has the president’s ear, he runs the West Wing well. That’s all I know, that’s all I see,” Peter Navarro, Trump’s trade adviser, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” when asked about Kelly. “He has the confidence of the President.”

“When you read stuff in The Washington Post, frankly, that’s fake news most of the time,” Navarro added.

According to the Washington Post report, clashes between Kelly and Trump have been on the rise as the President seeks to make more decisions on his own. Kelly’s credibility also took a hit due to the way he handled the domestic abuse allegations made against former staffer Rob Porter.

Read the full Washington Post report here.

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  1. Avatar for sanni sanni says:

    And Congratulations, Vlad, on your impressive election!

    And Pruitt’s continued position - and possible promotion to AG.

    And…

  2. Did we mention…
    Smooth running machine

  3. Why ask? If WaPo hasn’t noticed yet that the Trump clan is just going to lie about anything inconvenient or negative they need a new racket. Trump does have a small bit of a point though. I know the WaPo and NYT have become the darlings of the Democrats but it wasn’t long ago that they were pushing all kinds of crap about Hillary Clinton, mostly unsubstantiated ( fake news ) in a fever to derail her. That helped put Trump in office so there’s a bit of karma in is dealings with them. And lets not forget that without those 2 media entities there never would have been a President GW Bush. NYT’s hammering of ( WaPo’s to a lesser extent as well ) of the “Al Gore said he invented the internet” falsehood was a decisive blow to his candidacy. Lets not forget.

  4. Okay then. If Mr Trump says that the WaPo story is fake news, that settles it. (Really why bother reporting on this kind of statement from the Trump people. We all know what they say is utterly meaningless.)

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