Comments on: John Kelly on the way out as chief of staff https://thenewneo.com/2018/12/08/john-kelly-on-the-way-out-as-chief-of-staff/ A blog about political change, among other things Wed, 12 Dec 2018 17:39:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Ray Van Dune https://thenewneo.com/2018/12/08/john-kelly-on-the-way-out-as-chief-of-staff/#comment-2415295 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 17:39:06 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=83047#comment-2415295 I’m surprised the headline didn’t end with “…Trump said Saturday, falsely, and without evidence.”

Thus say the self-anointed guardians of the public’s sacred right to know… exactly what Democrats think they need to know.

]]> By: AesopFan https://thenewneo.com/2018/12/08/john-kelly-on-the-way-out-as-chief-of-staff/#comment-2415055 Mon, 10 Dec 2018 21:02:37 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=83047#comment-2415055 Mike K on December 10, 2018 at 12:09 pm at 12:09 pm said:
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I assume there is a certain amount of schadenfreude with respect to Manafort by Lewandowski but there is no reason I know to doubt the account they provide. Trump has stayed in touch with them all along, even after the kids fired Lewandowski to hire Manafort. That was their doing.

Trump is very alone in a sea of reptiles. The few allies he has are his kids and Lewandowski and Bossie.
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At this point, I doubt the account that anyone provides. However, the inherent contradiction that Trump can only depend on his kids and Lewandowski, and his kids fired Lewandowski, does not enhance my confidence in anyone’s self-reports of the situations.
PowerLine’s posts on the COS position have some good conversation in the comments about the difficulties faced by both Trump (where to find the non-reptiles in the swamp) and his subordinates (he is not an easy man to work for, if you don’t understand and agree with his goals and methods).

Paul M. wrote both of these, if that matters to anyone here. He tends to pull more disagreement from his commenters than the other guys at PL do.

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/12/trump-rex-tillerson-is-dumb-as-a-rock-and-lazy-as-hell.php

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/12/the-worst-job-in-washington-dc.php

]]> By: NITZAKHON https://thenewneo.com/2018/12/08/john-kelly-on-the-way-out-as-chief-of-staff/#comment-2415051 Mon, 10 Dec 2018 19:43:55 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=83047#comment-2415051 There’s a reason I call them the ENEMEDIA after Pam Geller.

And a request; after suitably vetting my site, I’d greatly appreciate being added to your blogroll – if you are willing that is. You’re on mine already.

]]> By: Cicero https://thenewneo.com/2018/12/08/john-kelly-on-the-way-out-as-chief-of-staff/#comment-2415050 Mon, 10 Dec 2018 19:37:10 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=83047#comment-2415050 Mike K:
Trump is besieged by reptiles, but fortunately he is not alone and not lonely.
Many of us stand with him.
It is rather a blessing that he responds to the jibes of the Left with his Twitters. I resent the need for him to do so, but does he really have any other way to get his word and view out?

]]> By: Mike K https://thenewneo.com/2018/12/08/john-kelly-on-the-way-out-as-chief-of-staff/#comment-2415046 Mon, 10 Dec 2018 17:09:09 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=83047#comment-2415046 why do you fear replacing Kelly with a Pence guy is a bad sign?

Not happening. He turned the job down, assuming it was offered, and I read Mulvaney is a prospect.

While not sure we can entirely trust Lewandowski and Bossie,

I assume there is a certain amount of schadenfreude with respect to Manafort by Lewandowski but there is no reason I know to doubt the account they provide. Trump has stayed in touch with them all along, even after the kids fired Lewandowski to hire Manafort. That was their doing.

Trump is very alone in a sea of reptiles. The few allies he has are his kids and Lewandowski and Bossie.

]]> By: AesopFan https://thenewneo.com/2018/12/08/john-kelly-on-the-way-out-as-chief-of-staff/#comment-2415045 Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:57:15 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=83047#comment-2415045 Mike K on December 10, 2018 at 7:27 am at 7:27 am said:
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So much of what we read by the anti-Trump press is being fed by Obama holdovers and disgruntled Deep Staters of both parties.
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While not sure we can entirely trust Lewandowski and Bossie, what you quote does jibe with contemporaneous reports in the non-DSM (Deep State Media).
Maybe we’ve been too hard on Dan Rather: the news today is not only fake, it doesn’t even pretend to be accurate.

]]> By: Mike K https://thenewneo.com/2018/12/08/john-kelly-on-the-way-out-as-chief-of-staff/#comment-2415030 Mon, 10 Dec 2018 12:27:32 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=83047#comment-2415030 I just read “Trump’s Enemies,” by Lewandowski and Bossie. They point out a number of occasions where the supposed :”chaos” was reported when there was nothing like it actually happening. I also read their book on the Campaign and how Manafort was hired by the Trump kids before the Convention because he was supposed to be an expert at delegate management. He was immediately seen to be a crook and Trump fired him when he learned about his history.

So much of what we read by the anti-Trump press is being fed by Obama holdovers and disgruntled Deep Staters of both parties.

]]> By: neo https://thenewneo.com/2018/12/08/john-kelly-on-the-way-out-as-chief-of-staff/#comment-2415014 Mon, 10 Dec 2018 05:05:18 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=83047#comment-2415014 AesopFan:

That’s pretty surprising.

]]> By: Snow on Pine https://thenewneo.com/2018/12/08/john-kelly-on-the-way-out-as-chief-of-staff/#comment-2415010 Mon, 10 Dec 2018 04:04:17 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=83047#comment-2415010 According to reports, it appears that The Donald exists on only a few hours of sleep at night, and the rest of the time he is working at a furious pace.

Look at his schedule, the volume of his work and his accomplishments. I could see how that might wear out most people.

Is that the case here?

Is Kelly leaving over political disagreements, or is it that Kelly just can’t deal with Trump’s style of governing?

If you really want to get things done and demand loyalty and results, Is a stable staff to be expected, or is a lot of churn and turnover the likely result?

As has been said above, so much crap has been printed and speculated about–over and over again–by the MSM, it is hard to have any real or clear idea of what is really happening in the White House.

In this regard–if it has made it to Youtube–take a look at Tucker Carlson’s recent compilation of the usual MSM suspects predicting Trump’s immanent doom because of this or that Tweet or development.

]]> By: AesopFan https://thenewneo.com/2018/12/08/john-kelly-on-the-way-out-as-chief-of-staff/#comment-2415003 Mon, 10 Dec 2018 03:06:53 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=83047#comment-2415003 Cicero on December 9, 2018 at 1:03 pm at 1:03 pm said:
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These biased “news” sources are everywhere, a la Gramsci. The paper in the small and dying town of Opelousas LA is owned by the NYT!
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That’s actually rather frightening.
Is there no Anti-Trust division centered on monopoly media coverage?

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