Oh how his generals have disappointed him.In a further sign that chaos reigns inside the Trump administration, President Trump told reporters on Saturday that White House chief of staff John Kelly would leave "toward the end of the year," which presumably means within the next three weeks.
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Will Steve Bannon be coming back now? Scaramucci?
And by his boss' son-in-law.Trump has evidently blown hot and cold with Kelly over the last year or so. Reports have suggested Kelly was unaware of a personal phone call between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin last March and was not involved in the decision to replace former national security adviser H.R. McMaster with the ultra-conservative John Bolton. Kelly was conspicuously displeased with both of those events, and at times seemed overtly exasperated by his boss' whims and moods.
Can't wait. We're all assuming it will be Pence's ladder-climbing CoS. A nice little hint to Pence.As USA Today reports, "At one point, Trump mused about doing away with the chief of staff post altogether, and have various department heads report to him directly. He reportedly told aides he was tired of being told 'no' by Kelly."
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Trump, who spoke to reporters outside the White House while on his way to the annual Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, called Kelly "a great guy" and said he would announce a successor within the next few days.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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