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turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
Mon Aug 7, 2017, 12:32 PM Aug 2017

Chief of Staff John Kelly gives up on trying to control Trumps Twitter after latest tweet-spasm: re

Source: Raw Story

Newly appointed White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has already accepted that he will not be able to control President Donald Trump’s inflammatory use of Twitter.

Over the past week, media reports have praised Kelly, a retired Marine general, for imposing military discipline on the White House.

“Mr. Kelly cuts off rambling advisers midsentence,” The New York Times reported. “He listens in on conversations between cabinet secretaries and the president. He has booted lingering staff members out of high-level meetings, and ordered the doors of the Oval Office closed to discourage strays.”

According to Bloomberg, Kelly also had high hopes for curbing the president’s use of Twitter.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/chief-of-staff-john-kelly-gives-up-on-trying-to-control-trumps-twitter-after-latest-tweet-spasm-report/



Not even a week.

And that general is what a draft dodger does and he is commanding you



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Chief of Staff John Kelly gives up on trying to control Trumps Twitter after latest tweet-spasm: re (Original Post) turbinetree Aug 2017 OP
Kelly didn't see this coming? NastyRiffraff Aug 2017 #1
Smart guy came in with eyes open. Doubt anything surprises him, least of all this. Hortensis Aug 2017 #6
No one can control Donald Matthew28 Aug 2017 #2
Time for Kelly to go back to knuckling immigrant families gratuitous Aug 2017 #3
Yep. awesomerwb1 Aug 2017 #5
Only 2 ways to break the habit bucolic_frolic Aug 2017 #4
Just talking with Mrs. Wells this morning. Homer Wells Aug 2017 #10
Kelly needs to awaken earlier in the mornings benld74 Aug 2017 #7
Trump has a spasm--an EGO spasm! riversedge Aug 2017 #8
We are at alow point in our history Mr.Bill Aug 2017 #9
Right? Cosmocat Aug 2017 #11
Military Coup AZ8theist Aug 2017 #12
It's like trying to teach the wind not to blow. tanyev Aug 2017 #13
President Kelly can't even control him? mdbl Aug 2017 #14

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
6. Smart guy came in with eyes open. Doubt anything surprises him, least of all this.
Mon Aug 7, 2017, 12:51 PM
Aug 2017

Sure, he said he came to control the staff, not the president, but maybe he's hoping just a bit, though? Lol, but my guess is he expects to preside over a whole steaming pot of...of wins and losses.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
3. Time for Kelly to go back to knuckling immigrant families
Mon Aug 7, 2017, 12:39 PM
Aug 2017

Adversaries are so much more fun to beat up on when they're helpless.

awesomerwb1

(4,268 posts)
5. Yep.
Mon Aug 7, 2017, 12:49 PM
Aug 2017

Him, Sessions, Bannon and Miller must brainstorm wearing their pointy hats to find new ways to terrorize immigrants.

F them all.

bucolic_frolic

(43,159 posts)
4. Only 2 ways to break the habit
Mon Aug 7, 2017, 12:48 PM
Aug 2017

Tell Trump Obama failed because he used Twitter too much, or

Tell Trump it would be really, really stupid to read the briefing papers
because Obama wants him to Tweet instead

Homer Wells

(1,576 posts)
10. Just talking with Mrs. Wells this morning.
Mon Aug 7, 2017, 02:59 PM
Aug 2017

Was wondering how Donnie boy would handle Twitter closing his account for cyberbullying or what not.
I imagine his head exploding almost immediately.
Ah, well. A guy can dream.

Mr.Bill

(24,284 posts)
9. We are at alow point in our history
Mon Aug 7, 2017, 02:56 PM
Aug 2017

if we have to hope that a General can control the civilian Commander in Chief.

That is the exact opposite of what the founding fathers had intended.

AZ8theist

(5,461 posts)
12. Military Coup
Mon Aug 7, 2017, 05:15 PM
Aug 2017

Kelly must be angling for a military coup of the USG. He's not that stupid to believe anything the PHI* (Pumpkin-Headed Imbecile)
says or does is even remotely constitutional.

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