Kelly: Trump doesn't ask 'how other presidents did this'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY BRETT SAMUELS - 12/31/17 10:24 AM EST

Chief of Staff John Kelly on Sunday said President Trump remains “fairly unconventional” after a year in office, noting he rarely asks how other presidents have made decisions in the past.

“The norms and conventions are exactly what he ran against and, in his view, are why we’re in the fix we’re in. He doesn’t intentionally make decisions that are opposite, say, of what a previous president would make. He’s got a view of what’s better for America,” Kelly told The New York Times.

Trump has made a number of decisions to reverse regulations, legislation and deals put into place by former President Obama, which many experts see as an intentional strategy to undermine the previous administration.

Trump has frequently compared himself to past presidential administrations when touting his achievements, often saying he has done more "than any other president."



Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/366915-kelly-trump-doesnt-ask-how-other-presidents-did-this

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. John Kelly sells his soul cheap.

[WhiteTara]

12. He has one?

[rainin]

2. Add Kelly to the sycophant list.

If he is saying that Trump improved the presidency, he is just a sycophant. No one who is both informed (which he is close enough to be) and honest (which he clearly isn't) can say Trump has improved the presidency.

Unless, by "improved", he means, got the black guy out and brought in the nude model who knows her place.

Please Michelle O., run for President!

[old guy]

15. Never doubted him for a minute.

Anyone, ANYONE, who accepts a position in this administration has to be a complete loser or they would never be chosen.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. That funny thing about HISTORY is?.....

If we do not learn something from it, we repeat it?

Reinventing the Presidency to resemble an authoritative regime is not what the Founding Fathers had in mind at all. Because if this country falls the way Rome fell because of its territorial and internal arrogance, the Republicans in both Houses of Congress and the Supreme Court will be complicit in that fall.

Watch this space.

[Justice]

4. Kelly is quite evil in his own right

[hermetic]

5. Unconventional?

Yeah, and Jeffrey Dahmer was an unconventional chef.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Trump has no curiosity. His malignant narcissism is very self-centered. . . nt

[rickford66]

7. Kelly is crazy also.

Guaranteed, he won't tackle Trump if he wants to press the button.

[NRaleighLiberal]

8. trump has one view - what will be better for trump

[Paladin]

9. Horseshit, as usual.

trump finds out what Obama did in a given situation, then he does the opposite. All he's doing is burnishing Obama's legacy.

[Loserman1962]

11. trump finds out what Obama did in a given situation, then he does the opposite.

That is 100% correct

[PatSeg]

10. "Why we're in the fix we're in"???

What "fix" is that? The main problem I see right now is Trump, not previous administrations or "norms and conventions". It appears that Trump's derangement is contagious.

[Butterflylady]

13. I've got a view for what's better for America too.

Trump RESIGNs. That is all, thank you!

[Nasruddin]

14. Maybe Frederick Douglass, though

Let's see ... he says he has done more than any other president, but he's incurious about what
any other president may have done. I'd say we have just diagrammed a lie - he has no
clue what other presidents have done. Perhaps Mr Trump thinks they just played golf - like him.

Most likely this Kelly talk says more about Kelly and is irrelevant to Mr Trump's "decision" process.

[dawg day]

28. Trump's inner life must be so.... barren

And Kelly is pretending that's a good thing.

Sometimes the blankness of these people is frightening.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. "He doesn't intentionally make decisions that are opposite..of what a previous president would make"

That's complete BULLSHIT Kelly. He HAS. Everything that he can find that Obama did, he is doing the exact opposite, and doing so in a systematic way.

It seems Kelly's comment was because he knows it is true and it has been pointed out to him, but he is attempting to cloak that fact in a lie by denial.

[Marie Marie]

18. OMG - we have George Costanza in the White House.

Just do the opposite and things will work out better.

[BumRushDaShow]

21. You need the video

[Marie Marie]

23. Thank you - that helps.

[MustLoveBeagles]

25. I think this also applies to Trump and his staff

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[0rganism]

17. why would he? his goal is destruction, not governance

Putin didn't install the little orange demon to steer the ship of state on a safe voyage, he's there to ram us into the rocks at full speed. getting Trump elected was a major triumph of epic proportions for Putin, he's not going to waste this opportunity to ruin our country as hard & fast as possible.

[Bradical79]

20. What gets me is how stupid that is

An authoritarian nationalistic broken U.S. just puts Russia in more danger.

After Russia "wins":
Putin, you just removed the checks and balances governing the most powerful military the world has ever seen! Now a bunch of religious nuts and ultra nationalists are in charge! Congrats?

[Bradical79]

19. Being unwilling to learn from history makes him an idiot.

Disturbing how many see this as a virtue. I know it's a minority, but still tens of millions of Americans.

[truthisfreedom]

22. Banktrumpting America one day at a time.

This is what happens when you borrow your way toward fake growth.

[JI7]

24. John Kelly is a racist asshole

[TeamPooka]

26. He never asked anybody how to run a casino too. nt

[no_hypocrisy]

27. Trump's motto:

"Any idiot can do this job . . . . and I'm not just any idiot!"

[Ohiogal]

29. That's because

It's easy to tear down and destroy.
It takes work, research, an intellect,, and a vision to build things up. Trump possesses none of these skills.

[Skittles]

30. disappointing that John Kelly turned into such a Trump Whore

fuck them both

[yuiyoshida]

31. Thats because in Trumps mind, he is the greatest that ever sat

on the throne in the Presidents Bathroom.

[pressbox69]

32. No kidding.

He's far more likely to ask "Who's on first?"