Lashed out at Kelly amid rising tension in White House

[struggle4progress]

Greg Wilford

... The .. president gave the retired Marine Corps general a dressing down in an incident seen by .. administration staff ...

... Trump's temper .. flared after advisers suggested he .. stop politicising normal issues of government following another .. attack on .. media .. in Phoenix ...

... Kelly, 67, reacted .. calmly, but .. later told colleagues he had never been spoken to in such a way during 35 years of military service and would not put up with similar treatment again ...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/president-donald-trump-lashes-out-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-marine-corps-general-white-house-a7927181.html

[cwydro]

1. Yeah, someone posted this the other day, but I don't mind seeing it again.

Happy to rec.

[maryellen99]

2. Better hope that he,Mattis,and McMaster don't resign

They are the only ones stopping trump from using Nuclear Weapons.

[Thrill]

16. 💯

[smirkymonkey]

3. Why they put up with his infantile temper tantrums I will never know.

They have the power to take him down, I just don't understand why they won't do it. His base is a very small percentage of the voting public. How they allow such a minority to hold this country hostage to an insane, incompetent windbag is obviously a testament to their weakness.

[maddiemom]

13. Trump never even had to deal with a board of directors in his business.

This was something I never knew until recently. It was, apparently, just Trump running things with no checks and balances, leading to his bankruptcies and failures---but, yet, his ability to self-promote and spread his "brand" with pure hucksterism. He IS amazing in this respect. No shock that truly successful businessman and military leaders that he's recruited have a different perspective on successfully managing things. They may, personally, have little regard for the "peons," but they know that management requires serious handling of the welfare of many levels down the line. My background is in academics, which does lead to interest in studying many other areas, even if distained by business. BUT, I was also a "corporate wife" for many years. Trump's claim of business success is not that of the usual "bigwig" executive. He apparently has never operated in business having to answer to others. Even the most high-powered executives he's put in place have experiences Trump completely lacks.

[Iliyah]

4. Gen. Kelly along with Gens Mattis and McMaster made a pack

to keep t-rump off limits to weapons knowing fully well how dangerous he is. I guess Gen. Kelly's task is to tone down t-rump's assault on the USA and it ain't working.

[sandensea]

24. They'll have to realize that since Congress won't impeach, there's only one real solution to this:

[zentrum]

5. Lie down with dogs, wake

......up bitten by fleas.

[dhill926]

6. this is totally immature....

but I wish Kelly would just clock him....

[mnhtnbb]

8. I wrote a response and then had to delete it.

[Scurrilous]

7. K&R

[PufPuf23]

9. Nobody is going to be left to serve under Trump at this rate.

Trump family and total Trump following whackadoos.

No one with half a brain will take a job unless they view the offer as a grab at a brass ring that otherwise never exist.

Incremental steps toward an Amendment 25 solution to Trump.

[Dustlawyer]

10. What did he think was going to happen?

Trump is a 70 year old spoiled brat used to getting his way. He deals with slime because reputable people won't stay around.

[gratuitous]

14. You take that back!

President Trump is NOT a 70 year old spoiled brat. He turned 71 in June.

[DK504]

11. The Brits seem to be doing a better job covering

America better than our "press".

I wish Kelly would hand over his credentials and tell them to shove it.

[Warpy]

32. They are, and not just the mess in the WH

BBC's got a great few articles today about the NK bomb test.

US media, especially broadcast media, are useless. Abandon them.

[Blue_true]

12. Bed down with a rattlesnake, expect to get bitten at some point. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. It will happen again. . . nt

[First Speaker]

17. I'm reminded of the scorpion and the frog...

"it's my nature"...Kelly should have known he'd get bitten...

[Honeycombe8]

18. It's getting tiresome reminding his supporters that he IS this way.

I suppose each person thinks he/she is so special that he will escape Trump's wrath, Trump's disrespect, Trump's treating him like a child. I saw a similar thing at work for years, too, as person after person agreed to work for the biggest SOB supervisor in the office, thinking "I'm so great at my job...she won't be that way with ME." They found out quickly that the supervisor is that way, period. It has nothing to do with the employee. That's how they interact with people.

These jerks are anti-social narcissistic crybabies who lash out when things don't go their way. They are experts at blaming others for their own mistakes. And they treat others horribly.

So, Gen. Kelly...."WE TOLD YOU SO." Don't act so surprised. You KNEW he was this way.

[paleotn]

19. I'm still awaiting.....

....the flight of the generals as a sign of the end. Not of the world, but this administration. We've got reams of protocols for dealing with the use of nuclear weapons in the event some madman takes office, so I'm not terribly afraid of that...concerned, granted, but not afraid. Their departure would simply signal the end of this admin and the beginning of the Pence admin. No one talks to 4 stars like that and they have connections out the wazoo. When they resign, Congress will act and it will all be over for twittler, since there are enough people of good faith on both sides of the aisle. Then Mueller can have at him without the complication of presidential pardons and whether or not a president can be criminally charged while in office.

[SweetieD]

20. Well it will happen again. Trump is an awful old man who is off his rocker.

[rurallib]

21. I bet Kelly wouldn't last through October a while back

[monmouth4]

22. This is why Feinstein's "have patience" remark really irked me. n/t

[Funtatlaguy]

25. Have some dignity, Kelly

and resign.

[NCjack]

26. If he takes once, it's easier to take it again, and again, and ...

A person of self-respect would walk on the first event of having a bucket of shit smeared on him by a low quality person like Trump.

[maryallen]

30. No, Gen. Kelly said ...

He had "never been treated like that in 35 years in the military," and he would not be treated like this again. I believe him.

[blueinredohio]

27. They're not going anywhere

they must like it or they would already be gone

[Kleveland]

28. What would happen if Kelley just sucker punched this asshole in his orange shit face?

Is there any precedent?

We know there is no president.......

Just curious.

[Orangeutan]

29. Kelly spent his career defending the U.S. militarily.

Now he's serving a traitor who, everyone knows, sold us out to the Russians. I just don't get it.

[southerncrone]

31. None of us should have to put up with his treatment. Get rid of him b4 he annihilates the world!

[Corgigal]

33. Didn't General Kelly

lose a child in Afghanistan?

Wow, President Obama would have always remembered that. Disgusting.