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brooklynite

(94,452 posts)
Wed May 8, 2019, 09:29 AM May 2019

John Kelly Says Trump Family Must Be 'Dealt With' in White House

Bloomberg

Former White House chief of staff John Kelly said members of President Donald Trump’s family serving on the White House staff needed to be “dealt with” as he sought to implement a more orderly process in the West Wing.

“They were an influence that has to be dealt with,” Kelly said Tuesday during an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “The David Rubenstein Show,” when asked whether it was complicated to have the president’s family working at the White House. “By no means do I mean Mrs. Trump -- the first lady’s a wonderful person.”

Kelly’s remarks pointed to his long-running and low-simmering frustration with the role of the president’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, and her husband, Jared Kushner, in the White House. The Washington Post previously reported that clashes between the president’s family members and senior advisers came so frequently that the relationship became uncomfortable.


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democrank

(11,092 posts)
2. Now you tell us, John Kelly.
Wed May 8, 2019, 09:34 AM
May 2019

I’m surprised Ivanka and Jared aren’t in charge of writing a big, beautiful, better-than-ever Constitution.

2naSalit

(86,496 posts)
3. Maybe he has a special tent in one of those tent cities
Wed May 8, 2019, 10:34 AM
May 2019

where the dump family can reside for a long time?

BruceWane

(345 posts)
4. That's a notable omission, Mr. Kelly
Wed May 8, 2019, 10:42 AM
May 2019

Funny how he refers to the family as "an influence that has to be dealt with", which is a pretty neutral statement. But then goes on to point out that this doesn't apply to the first lady, who is a "wonderful person".

Kinda begs the question "what kind of people are the rest of the family?".....................

FakeNoose

(32,610 posts)
8. I'm pretty sure Jared and Ivanka are the reason John Kelly got fired
Wed May 8, 2019, 09:14 PM
May 2019

Come to think of it, they're the reason most former WH staffers have been fired in the last couple of years.

Ilsa

(61,690 posts)
6. I doubt that anyone wearing an "I really don't care, do you?"
Wed May 8, 2019, 08:58 PM
May 2019

jacket to visit refugees is a "wonderful person." Not buying it.

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