Trump and Kelly deserve each other
By Ruth Marcus Deputy editorial page editor February 9 at 7:38 PM
In the spirit of the Olympics, it has long been clear who takes the gold medal for worst performer in the White House. (Hint: His office has no corners.) Now, it’s time to award the silver medal to an unexpected choice: Chief of Staff John F. Kelly.
Kelly’s triumph, such as it is, comes after serious contenders were eliminated from the competition: 24-day national security adviser Michael Flynn, who barely had time to inflict damage, and top adviser Stephen K. Bannon, who did.
That leaves, somewhat surprisingly, Kelly. He came in as the supposed grown-up in the room, the competent four-star who, if he couldn’t corral President Trump’s worst instincts and behaviors, at least could impose some trickle-down discipline.
Which Kelly, by all accounts, has done. But he has also been caught in the whirlwind he was supposed to calm, most explosively with his relentlessly obtuse handling of domestic-abuse allegations against one of his most trusted aides, former staff secretary Rob Porter. Remarkably among the Trump administration’s unceasing string of problems, this one was not Trump-inflicted — rather it was caused by the very staffer who was supposed to stop the president from self-harm.
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