NBC reported that John Kelly has repeatedly called President Trump an “idiot” and has claimed that the president doesn’t know what DACA is.
Chief of Staff John Kelly reportedly likes to call President Trump an “idiot,” has averred that women are more emotional than men, and, most alarmingly, had to persuade the president not to withdraw all troops from the Korean Peninsula on a whim, NBC reported on Monday.
The report comes amid months of tensions between Kelly and Trump. The general, who has largely failed in his task to instill order at the White House since he replaced Reince Priebus last summer, has fallen far out of favor with Trump, and is much less influential than he once was on policy matters. Whether NBC’s sources spoke to the outlet in hopes of pushing Kelly out for good is unclear — some officials told NBC he’d be gone by July — but the president is unlikely to react kindly to any questioning of his all-powerful brain. For his part, Kelly has denied the story, calling it “total BS” and “another pathetic attempt to smear people close to President Trump.”
Some of the story’s most noteworthy revelations, below:
Kelly Thinks He Needs to Save Trump From His Own Stupidity
As a president, it’s always a good sign when multiple members of your staff have been known to insult your intelligence in no uncertain terms.
Kelly Is From the Mad Men School of Gender Relations
Yes, this does sound bad. But how to cover for Kelly while making the White House sounding like a completely inhospitable place for women? Well…
Unlike President Trump, who would never be driven by anything besides cold logic. Speaking of which …
Trump Almost Withdrew All Combat Troops From South Korea
Wait, what??? If this terrifying anecdote is true, Kelly deserves at least some credit for preventing utter political chaos over the last few months.
Kelly Thinks Trump Doesn’t Know What DACA Is
DACA fact-check: true .
And now we wait for President Trump’s no-doubt cool-headed reaction to these disclosures. Start refreshing twitter.com at your leisure.
