John Kelly Says Trump Family Must Be ‘Dealt With’ in White House

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Former chief of staff spoke in interview with Bloomberg
  • Kelly resigned after almost two years in the administration

Former White House chief of staff John Kelly said members of President Donald Trump’s family serving on the White House staff needed to be “dealt with” as he sought to implement a more orderly process in the West Wing.

 “They were an influence that has to be dealt with,” Kelly said Tuesday during an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “The David Rubenstein Show,” when asked whether it was complicated to have the president’s family working at the White House. “By no means do I mean Mrs. Trump — the first lady’s a wonderful person.”
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John Kelly

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Kelly’s remarks pointed to his long-running and low-simmering frustration with the role of the president’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, and her husband, Jared Kushner, in the White House. The Washington Post previously reported that clashes between the president’s family members and senior advisers came so frequently that the relationship became uncomfortable.

In the interview, Kelly did not mention the couple by name.

Congressional Democrats are currently investigating whether Trump ordered Kelly to grant the couple security clearances despite the recommendation of career officials against doing so.

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4 COMMENTS

  1. Jared Kushner is Israel’s man in the White House. There are three top people who should be dealt with, John Bolton, Pompeo and Kushner. Two are Evangelical, Zionist warmongers and the other is a Jewish Zionist warmonger and all three should be fired as soon as possible before they involve us in war with North Korea, Iran or Syria. I supported Trump but at this time, I do believe he maybe being blackmailed. Something made him do a 180.

  4. “They were an influence that has to be dealt with,” Kelly said ….“By no means do I mean Mrs. Trump — the first lady’s a wonderful person.”
    Yes sure, if she’s got no clout in no one damn thing in there ….