John Kelly Reportedly Astonished When Trump Said He Thought Chairman of Joint Chiefs Made 5 Million

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John Kelly Reportedly Astonished When Trump Said He Thought Chairman of Joint Chiefs Made 5 Million Per Year

by Amy Russo | Nov 25th, 2018, 4:05 pm

President Donald Trump doesn’t appear too clued in on the federal budget, according to a new Washington Post report in which he’s said to have assumed the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff rakes in millions per year.

The article published Sunday states that Chief of Staff John Kelly once asked the president just how much Gen. Joseph Dunford earns, and Trump replied with a staggering assumption of $5 million. In reality, he makes under $200,000, Kelly pointed out. The story was relayed to the Post by insiders who’d heard the anecdote from Kelly himself.

Upon finding out Dunford’s actual salary, the Post reported, Trump suggested Kelly be awarded a substantial raise and stars for his uniform.

Last January, a Sunday Times article noted that the pay for the equivalent of Dunford’s position in Britain was nearly double.

The Times estimated Dunford’s annual salary to be just over $171,000, along with a significantly smaller personal allowance.

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https://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-reportedly-thought-chairman-of-joint-chiefs-of-staff-made-millions-per-year-he-makes-under-200000/

[brush]

1. Kelly is further disrespecting himself by continuing to work for that orange know nothing.

[Garrett78]

2. Kelly loves the bigotry. He just wishes his boss was more savvy.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Heard a similiiar comment from someone

who served under him at Gitmo.

[Blue_true]

10. Yep.

We have to stop meeting like this. This is the second time today that I have kissed your boots due to a good post by you.

[Garrett78]

11. :) Kelly being a racist asshole is well-known, so I can't say as I was profound.

[canetoad]

7. I dunno...

Look, I think Kelly is a conservative arsehole but for a while have suspected that he is carrying out 'orders' by staying on as CoS.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. That degree of ignorance is genuinely dangerous.

[brush]

6. Yes, and Putin is proposing another meeting with trump with no one else present...

like what happened in Helsinki so he can lead trump around by the nose ring again.

God, we are screwed until we get this fool out.

[Eliot Rosewater]

8. Rump owes him 4 billion, i think that is now obvious.

Rump would literally sentence half of this country to death if that is what it took to relieve him of that debt.

[struggle4progress]

5. "I just say whatever wanders into the open spaces of my mind!"

[underpants]

9. Spot on.

Throw money around and then wonder why the banks took everything back.