Kelly's on the way out according to Vanity Fair

[TubbersUK]

With the president and his chief of staff arguing in public, Ivanka Trump takes charge of finding a replacement.

“I’VE GOT ANOTHER NUT JOB HERE WHO THINKS HE’S RUNNING THINGS”: ARE TRUMP AND KELLY HEADING FOR DIVORCE?

Donald Trump’s relationship with John Kelly, his chief of staff, fraught from the beginning, may finally have gone past the point of no return. Two prominent Republicans in frequent contact with the White House told me that Trump has discussed choosing Kelly’s successor in recent days, asking a close friend what he thought about David Urban, a veteran Washington lobbyist and political operative who helped engineer Trump’s victory in Pennsylvania. Ivanka is also playing a central role in the search, quietly field-testing ideas with people. “Ivanka is the most worried about it. She’s trying to figure who replaces Kelly,” a person who’s spoken with her said.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/01/are-trump-and-kelly-heading-for-divorce?mbid=social_twitter

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[randr]

1. Let's hope Kelly has the spine to tell the tale he could tell

[BumRushDaShow]

2. "Fire and Fury" is going to have to have a sequel!

Maybe - "Fire and Fury: Scorched Earth".

[dalton99a]

3. So Ivanka is the hiring manager

[Irish_Dem]

4. That is what is sounds like. Scary. nt

[Wednesdays]

20. Why not drop all pretenses

and just make Ivanka COS?

[Irish_Dem]

21. Or just make her co-president.

Then they don't need a COS.
She and Jared can handle the whole shebang.

[Zoonart]

5. Yep!

Let's just leave the government in the hands of Ivan-red and Miller. More chaos please.

[hedda_foil]

6. I guess someone told him about the column on President Kelly this weekend.

[dalton99a]

7. He should hear more about President Miller as well

[hedda_foil]

10. Damn straight he should. What if Ivanka decides to pick Miller for C.O.S.?

[dalton99a]

12. I wouldn't rule that out at all

Miller would love to take Kelly's job

[Gothmog]

8. Kelly is not doing a good job of managing trump

[Baconator]

18. Who could do better and how?

[Renew Deal]

9. Has anyone noticed that in the end, the only people left around trump are either crazy or his family

Bannon, Priebus, Spicer, etc. never had a chance. It's always going to be about family business.

[Buns_of_Fire]

11. Ivanka's in charge of selecting the new CoS?

Sounds a lot like DICK Cheney's group deciding who should be Vice-President.

[gratuitous]

13. Kelly's profile has been rising lately, and that never pleases Lord Littlehands

I read a book a few years ago about Lavrenty Beria, the head of Stalin's secret police. Stalin was famously paranoid about anyone seeming to rise too high, and Beria was very sensitive about appearing too indispensable. The penalty for drawing Stalin's unwanted attention was at best internal exile, but imprisonment and execution were always available options as well. Early in the 1950s, a young man was in a low level position in Beria's bureaucracy. As the men above him were cashiered, he rose quickly through the ranks. His sudden appearance on the scene drew Stalin's gaze and triggered his fear. The young man disappeared even more quickly than he had appeared.

The author's prose generated the mental picture for me of the young man edging too close to an out-of-control machine and getting summarily sucked into the gear works and annihilated. Kelly sounds like he's on the same career path, though thankfully for Kelly, President Trump doesn't have quite the extra-legal tools at his disposal that Stalin did.

[Baitball Blogger]

14. No one bought his Four General teflon expectation.

So, what good is he to the Trump Administration?

[Turn CO Blue]

15. I. Can't. Even. with this... Obtuse/Blind leading the Obtuse/Mean/Blind off a cliff. nt

[Raster]

16. Pick me, Ivanka! Pick me!

[VaBchTgerLily]

17. when will these people learn-Trump tarnishes the reputation of every person who works with him

[imanamerican63]

19. Sounds normal for the course!

He has fired one Chief of Staff, several advisors, communications personal, an Attorney General and don't forget FBI Agent Comey! He is still playing the part of a executive from TV! He can fire anyone at anytime!

[paulkienitz]

22. our hashtag: #bringbacktheMooch