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RandySF

(58,723 posts)
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 12:06 AM Sep 2017

John Kelly Pushing Out Omarosa for Triggering Trump

Newly minted White House chief of staff John Kelly has sought to put a dent in the influence of one of President Donald Trump’s most famous advisers: Omarosa Manigault.

The former Apprentice co-star—who currently serves as the communications director for the Office of Public Liaison—has seen her direct access to the president limited since Kelly took the top White House job in late July, sources tell The Daily Beast. In particular, Kelly has taken steps to prevent her and other senior staffers from getting unvetted news articles on the president’s Resolute desk—a key method for influencing the president’s thinking, and one that Manigualt used to rile up Trump about internal White House drama.

Multiple sources in and outside the Trump White House told The Daily Beast that, until recently, it was common practice for aides to slide into the Oval Office and distract and infuriate the president with pieces of negative news coverage. Manigault, they say, was one of the worst offenders.

“When Gen. Kelly is talking about clamping down on access to the Oval, she’s patient zero,” a source close to the Trump administration said.


http://www.thedailybeast.com/john-kelly-pushing-out-omarosa-for-triggering-trump?source=twitter&via=desktop

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John Kelly Pushing Out Omarosa for Triggering Trump (Original Post) RandySF Sep 2017 OP
Imagrossone gets kicked to the curb. oasis Sep 2017 #1
another one who shouldn't be there in the first place JI7 Sep 2017 #2
Hard to say if this is a good thing, or a bad thing... know what I mean? nt procon Sep 2017 #3
The problem is, if you take all the nuts out of the nut mix Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #4
Nothing but sesame sticks, that is. longship Sep 2017 #6
I was thinking more along the lines of a bunch of spring loaded snakes ProudLib72 Sep 2017 #7
SNAKES! Aren't they beauties?? nt longship Sep 2017 #9
They're everywhere! NurseJackie Sep 2017 #16
Garter snakes! Indeed, they are everywhere, just about. longship Sep 2017 #17
All of them are MontanaMama Sep 2017 #5
So we're LittleGirl Sep 2017 #8
He will get tired of it. MFM008 Sep 2017 #10
I thought he only allowed positive news clippings and reports in BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #11
the folder thing was done before Kelly got there and might have stopped JI7 Sep 2017 #12
Ordained minister... czarjak Sep 2017 #13
what is this Office of Public Liaison anyway? IcyPeas Sep 2017 #14
Their job is to shape the view Trump has of the public muriel_volestrangler Sep 2017 #15
Omarosa still thinks she's on The Apprentice. no_hypocrisy Sep 2017 #18
Bow to your master! HAB911 Sep 2017 #19

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
7. I was thinking more along the lines of a bunch of spring loaded snakes
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 01:29 AM
Sep 2017

Pappa snake, daughter snake, son in law snake, and so on down the line.

BigmanPigman

(51,583 posts)
11. I thought he only allowed positive news clippings and reports in
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 02:50 AM
Sep 2017

his two purple "you are winning" folders each day.

IcyPeas

(21,856 posts)
14. what is this Office of Public Liaison anyway?
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 04:38 AM
Sep 2017

this is where Andrew Guiliani is too. His title is the Public Liaison Assistant to Trump.

Is this where trump puts all his cronies that he has hired?

muriel_volestrangler

(101,295 posts)
15. Their job is to shape the view Trump has of the public
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 07:23 AM
Sep 2017

so they bring him stories of worship to cheer him up, or stories of resistance to get him angry. Think of it like a dealer with a variety of drugs for their big customer.

They probably also have spare phones to give him when Kelly confiscates the current one. That way, the liaison can be two-way.

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