John Kelly Follows Orders. Thats Exactly What Trump Critics Are Afraid Of.
The former secretary of Homeland Security has defended and carried out some of the president’s most controversial policies.
By Jessica Schulberg , Elise Foley
WASHINGTON ― John Kelly, the new White House chief of staff, doesn’t often talk about what he believes.
Even people who have worked with the retired Marine general for years — people who like and respect him — say they know little about his politics. What they do know is that Kelly follows orders, and that he’s demonstrated a particular zeal for defending and aggressively executing some of President Donald Trump’s most extreme policies.
Ultimately, these people say, Kelly’s personal beliefs don’t matter. In his new job, Kelly may succeed in stabilizing and professionalizing Trump’s team. But there’s no reason to believe he will change the president’s views.
If anyone can bring order to Trump’s White House, it’s Kelly, according to a former Democratic Capitol Hill staffer who worked with and likes him. But the “positive qualities that I’ve seen in him and experienced in him also sort of make me fearful,” the ex-staffer said. “I’m worried … he could just become a ‘yes man’ and create this well-oiled machine that functions effectively — or as effectively as possible — around Trump’s incompetence and erraticness.”
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Note: Lawrence O'Donnel is saying the opposite of this evidently as another thread is suggesting. Guess we will have to see how it plays out.
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