Corker: Trump Taking Unvetted Advice Has 'Got To Be A Nightmare' For Kelly

[struggle4progress]

By Matt Shuham | April 18, 2018 11:58 am

Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) on Tuesday said that President Donald Trump’s tendency to take advice from “all over the country” without the supervision of his chief of staff had led to a chaotic environment in the White House ...

The Tennessee senator, who has sparred with the President in the past and announced his retirement in September of last year, said the fact that Trump gets “a lot” of unvetted input has “got to be a nightmare” for Chief of Staff John Kelly.

“At night there are people calling in from all over the country [and] he’s calling them. The chief of staff doesn’t know who he’s talking with. It’s a different kind of environment,” Corker said.

“My staff spends the whole week making sure I’m meeting with people that are not crackpots,” he added. “The President is very entrepreneurial, he gets input at 11 o’clock at night, let’s say, comes in in the morning and he’s got a different mindset” ...

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/corker-trump-taking-unvetted-advice-has-got-to-be-a-nightmare-for-kelly

[Girard442]

1. Remember the good old days when we weren't terrified when a random person spouted off to the POTUS?

[struggle4progress]

2. Talking World War III blues

[Ohiogal]

3. Well, Republicans, you know you can do something about it.

[DBoon]

4. He's concerned about "meeting with people that are not crackpots"????

That pretty much eliminates the entire Republican Party

[MattP]

5. John Kelly is horrible as well it's not like he's competent to begin with