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BSdetect

(8,999 posts)
Tue Aug 1, 2017, 12:47 PM Aug 2017

Did Kelly take the job because he was told that Mueller will be stopped?

Ryan and McConnell are already implicated IMO (due to fixing the SCOTUS in advance of Nov 2016) and Ryan was helping Nunes as well.

Is the coup going to go for a major confrontation? With GOP inaction guaranteed.

Its not as if there was a lack of horror already from drumph. Any other person would be impeached by now.





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Did Kelly take the job because he was told that Mueller will be stopped? (Original Post) BSdetect Aug 2017 OP
Kelly cant contribute to removing Mueller and be a patriot. Eliot Rosewater Aug 2017 #1
No. H2O Man Aug 2017 #2
I think he thinks he can whip the WH into shape. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #3
CNN reports that he called Comey after the firing and almost resigned in protest. tableturner Aug 2017 #4
Until proven otherwise, Kelly took the job to serve the country, not Trump personally Hekate Aug 2017 #5

Eliot Rosewater

(31,131 posts)
1. Kelly cant contribute to removing Mueller and be a patriot.
Tue Aug 1, 2017, 12:55 PM
Aug 2017

Is he willing to go down as a traitor to this country to protect donnie?

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,940 posts)
3. I think he thinks he can whip the WH into shape.
Tue Aug 1, 2017, 01:02 PM
Aug 2017

He's a big shot general who's used to managing and commanding large, complex organizations and having his orders followed. I don't think he has an evil motive; but maybe just an unrealistic expectation of being able to control that mess. He won't be able to do it because he won't be able to control Trump. Generals at that level tend to have big egos or they wouldn't have climbed the military ladder successfully (and the military services in the upper officer ranks is as political as any other organization), so I foresee a very large clash of egos as soon as Kelly tries to rein in Trump's undisciplined and erratic behavior. And I doubt Kelly will protect Trump or help him interfere with the investigation.

Kelly has had a long, admirable career in the military and is well-respected. I doubt he wants to be remembered as a guy who trashed his own excellent reputation on behalf of a corrupt president.

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