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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNational Review Article: "President Kelly." Bound To Get Trump's Goat.
If there's one thing Trump can't stand, it's the narrative that people on his Staff are "managing" him. TRUMP WHISPERERS. Steve Bannon getting his Moonscape-like face on TIME, and getting lampooned on SNL as the power behind the throne was a major factor in getting him fired.
When NATIONAL REVIEW magazine (William F. Buckley's publication) starts publishing Op/Ed pieces entitled "Being President Kelly" about John Kelly...you know his days are numbered. More importantly, you know that CONSERVATIVES are actively trying to get RID of him.
Here's the article:
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455626/john-kelly-president-chief-of-staff-runs-administration
Quotes from the article:
"Donald Trump runs a Twitter account. President John Kelly is running the administration."
"President Trump is soft. John Kelly is hard....President Trump likes tough guys, and he thinks of himself as a tough guy. Remember all that palling around with Mike Tyson during the campaign and his fondness for Vladimir Putin? Tough is practically Trumps favorite adjective, and adjectives are his favorite class of words. The problem is that Trump wants to be a tough guy desperately but isnt one. Hes a rich kid from New York City who never in his life has been obliged to lift anything heavier than money"
"Trump is a familiar sort of man who mistakes being hard for being a sadist, and thinks that his own well-documented appetite for inflicting suffering and humiliation on others makes him tough."
"President John Kelly serves at the sufferance of tweeter-in-chief Donald Trump, the little pilot fish who has mistaken himself for a great white shark. (Oh, Trump and Shark Week!) Let us hope that that symbiotic relationship continues to thrive for as long as the Trump presidency endures."
area51
(11,918 posts)TrollBuster9090
(5,955 posts)Definitely a major burn. (I wonder if Kelly himself seeded the article because he's just BEGGING to get himself fired. He's a jerk, and I can see how he loves being the power behind the throne...but I can't imagine he enjoys being dressed down by a mentally incompetent man-baby.)
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Never trump conservatives really piss off trump I bet because the despise him and are ashamed instead of proud of all his winning.
AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)Demtexan
(1,588 posts)Take Miller with you.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,347 posts)... makes him tough". The blind pig has found the acorn there.