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struggle4progress

(126,349 posts) Sun Sep 3, 2017, 03:54 PM Sep 2017

Lashed out at Kelly amid rising tension in White House [View all]

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

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Lashed out at Kelly amid rising tension in White House [View all] struggle4progress Sep 2017 OP

Yeah, someone posted this the other day, but I don't mind seeing it again. cwydro Sep 2017 #1

Better hope that he,Mattis,and McMaster don't resign maryellen99 Sep 2017 #2

💯 Thrill Sep 2017 #16

Why they put up with his infantile temper tantrums I will never know. smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #3

Trump never even had to deal with a board of directors in his business. maddiemom Sep 2017 #13

Gen. Kelly along with Gens Mattis and McMaster made a pack Iliyah Sep 2017 #4

They'll have to realize that since Congress won't impeach, there's only one real solution to this: sandensea Sep 2017 #24

Lie down with dogs, wake zentrum Sep 2017 #5

this is totally immature.... dhill926 Sep 2017 #6

I wrote a response and then had to delete it. mnhtnbb Sep 2017 #8

K&R Scurrilous Sep 2017 #7

Nobody is going to be left to serve under Trump at this rate. PufPuf23 Sep 2017 #9

What did he think was going to happen? Dustlawyer Sep 2017 #10

You take that back! gratuitous Sep 2017 #14

The Brits seem to be doing a better job covering DK504 Sep 2017 #11

They are, and not just the mess in the WH Warpy Sep 2017 #32

Bed down with a rattlesnake, expect to get bitten at some point. nt Blue_true Sep 2017 #12

It will happen again. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2017 #15

I'm reminded of the scorpion and the frog... First Speaker Sep 2017 #17

It's getting tiresome reminding his supporters that he IS this way. Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #18

I'm still awaiting..... paleotn Sep 2017 #19

Well it will happen again. Trump is an awful old man who is off his rocker. SweetieD Sep 2017 #20

I bet Kelly wouldn't last through October a while back rurallib Sep 2017 #21

This is why Feinstein's "have patience" remark really irked me. n/t monmouth4 Sep 2017 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author sandensea Sep 2017 #23

Have some dignity, Kelly Funtatlaguy Sep 2017 #25

If he takes once, it's easier to take it again, and again, and ... NCjack Sep 2017 #26

No, Gen. Kelly said ... maryallen Sep 2017 #30

They're not going anywhere blueinredohio Sep 2017 #27

What would happen if Kelley just sucker punched this asshole in his orange shit face? Kleveland Sep 2017 #28

Kelly spent his career defending the U.S. militarily. Orangeutan Sep 2017 #29

None of us should have to put up with his treatment. Get rid of him b4 he annihilates the world! southerncrone Sep 2017 #31

Didn't General Kelly Corgigal Sep 2017 #33