John Kelly Confirms He Was Lying All Along: The White House Is in Chaos

Rolling Stone ^ | DECEMBER 30, 2018 1:10PM ET | Peter Wade

[brent1a]

It will come as no surprise that the White House is in chaos, but what is shocking is that this fact is being confirmed by President Donald Trump’s outgoing Chief of Staff John Kelly.

In an exit interview with the Los Angeles Times, Kelly admits that the White House is not quite the “well-oiled machine” that Trump loves to brag about. Two specific instances he cited as chaotic were the implementation of the travel ban and the “zero-tolerance” family separation policy at the Mexican border.

[Delta 21]

https://youtu.be/4up6_OphOMY

I believe it.

[Delta 21]

[Jane Long]

You left off the requisite (BARF ALERT) on this Stolling Rone article you posted.

Happy New Year, brent1a.

[Flick Lives]

John Kelly Confirms He Was Lying All Along: The White House Is in Chaos

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Rolling Stone is too stupid to recognize their own headline is self-contradicting. it is the equivalent of “everything I say is a lie”.

[Mouton]

Interesting comparison to JFK White House. The FBI was on a different page then too.

[COBOL2Java]

A “well-oiled machine” to Kelly translates to an administration where uniformity and unexceptionality reign supreme.

Sorry Johnny boy, but that’s the Washington DC way of doing things.

Glad you’re gone.

[Jumper]

Trump went to a military school and was a Sergeant if memory serves me correctly. Thus Trump was educated in the art of military life and thought. As Commander in Chief of the military,Trump has deferred to the experts and some unusual Political and Threats of prosecution-Kelly is a blended example.

[CheneyClone]

“In an exit interview with the Los Angeles Times”

Stopped reading there

[sphinx]

The ad hoc, no-warning initial imposition of the travel ban was plug-ugly stupid. It was very early in the administration when the knuckle draggers were competing to see how far they could push the Neanderthal stuff. The infuriating thing is that there was a kernel of a good idea at the core, but that was completely overshadowed by the brain dead theatrics -- and worse, theatrics that everyone with a functioning brain knew would produce a loss in the courts and a black eye for the new administration. I'm sure competent people in the administration (and the line people in the agencies) protested right up to the line that would get them fired, but the idiots won the day. They produced a crippling loss right out of the box. And that loss was fully justified.

Trump probably would have won the initial battles on the travel ban had it been imposed prospectively. He could have announced an immediate pause on issuance of new visas from problem countries until applicant vetting was improved. He could also have announced an administrative review of existing visas for nationals of problem countries, as long as he didn't strand people who were already travelling in good faith with valid U.S. papers. That would have passed muster. But to cancel existing visas without notice -- letting someone board an airplane with a valid U.S. visa and cancelling his papers in mid-flight; stranding green card holders travelling legally on long-held U.S. visas -- was bush league stuff. Trump got an immediate slapdown from the courts, and he should have. Had Steve Bannon been a Democrat plant, he couldn't have scripted a more certain pratfall.

[Wuli]

Two examples do not a general condition make.

There are ALWAYS now and then some policies an administration creates that do not come off without any hitches due to some bases not being covered ahead of time.

And sometimes it is not “chaos” so much as some swamp rats not being on board in the first place, and before leaving their jobs they create dysfunction so they can claim - to the ignorant - that dysfunction was why they left.

[kenmcg]

If he didn’t like Trump, he should have resigned. Now he should just STFU and get the hell out.

[abbastanza]

So now Kelly admits that he’s a liar. WOW! John Kelly is a liar. Hard to stomach.

[JudyinCanada]

Then chaos should be a requirement. The results of chaos are exceptional.

[MV=PY]

"chaos is what you see when you don't understand what the other side is doing. "

I like that! Did you make it up?

[originalbuckeye]

I ALWAYS go to Rolling Stone for the ‘TRUTH’! /s

[Dutch Boy]

The perception of chaos often comes from change that is not accepted. The White House may be running perfectly fine from another perspective. Government is mired in talking about solutions. When someone comes in and actually solves problems, that has to be quite a foreign and disturbing experience to the long time government workers.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Kelly was always an open borders plant.

[aumrl]

Well Boy; have you submitted your resume ?

[patriotspride]

Great lineup and people who understand where the Donald is heading for all of us. They were on Judge Jeanine the other night and did a nice job of simplifying things and deciding the MSM duplicity

[1Old Pro]

Rolling Stone? The mag that repeatedly fabricates stories and promotes them as news?