Posted on 08/05/2017 6:34:19 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
In the Oval Office earlier this week, a small group of senior officials talked with President Donald Trump about plans to take on Beijing over intellectual-property theft. When a side debate broke out between two top aides, the new White House chief of staff ordered the pair out of the room.
Return, John Kelly told them, once your differences are resolved, according to a person familiar with the exchange.
The move kept the meeting on track. It also signaled to top staff that Mr. Kelly, a retired four-star general, planned to bring new order and discipline to a West Wing that has been riven for six months with division and disorganization.
After one week, other signs of Mr. Kelly’s taking the reins include the end of the unchecked flow of paperwork that crosses the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, and a new, more formal process for meeting with the president, according to interviews with more than two dozen White House officials, the president’s informal advisers, associates of Mr. Kelly, members of Congress and Capitol Hill aides.
The new rules extend to Mr. Trump’s family. Son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka Trump, who serve as official advisers in the White House and have their own staffs, now report to Mr. Kelly instead of directly to the president, as does chief strategist Steve Bannon.
Staffers no longer loiter outside an open Oval Office door, hoping to catch the president’s eye to be waved in for a chat or the chance to pitch a new idea. That door is now closed.
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Kelly and/or his staff already leaking as much as Rinse Priebus, apparently.
This article doesn’t sound like a leak. It sounds more like something Kelly permitted so as to get the truth out there.
Yo, Kelly, have you had the office swept for bugs yet?
I agree. Am I the only Deplorable who's very glad to know that Jared and Ivanka can no longer walk into the Oval Office whenever they see fit?
If only General Kelley would run a boot camp, military style, for this crew. I wonder if they have a clue about the discipline necessary to run the Executive Branch successfully.
While I think it’s true that President Trump is away for 17 days because the White House needs some standard renovation, I’m pretty sure that the president is ensuring a very thorough sweep — before and after — for any surveillance devices. I’m sure the real estate guy from NYC can find talented, trustworthy people to closely oversee this work.
Yo, I’m sure no one in the West Wing has ever thought of that before
Yeah. You're right. Those brainiacs who can't figure out who's leaking SURELY must've thunk to sweep the Oval Office by now.
Bug sweeping? I hope that’s an irregularly scheduled, frequently done thing.
I hope someone in his inner circle has thought to sweep the Oval Office for bugs by now.
Sorry for the misleading info.
And being a suspicious nature, I would bet that Obama had the whole place bugged. Remember, he is most certainly an Aliskyite and if anyone does remember the abandoned American consulate building in Russia where Russian workers built it and totally bugged it.
Obama, IMHO, would do the same.
Too little. Too late. Like installing a screen door on a submarine!
Trump could bring his own guys in addition to whomever usually does it. Trust but verify. :-)
Since some renovations are being done while
Trump is out of the White House for 17 days, I would suggest a VERY thorough sweep/inspection of everything before any work/meetings take place after the 17 days are over.
Imbedded listening devices are very common.
Just a thought, but I'm starting to wonder who is responsible for surveillance security in the White House, and where their allegiances lie. Who assures that phone lines and offices are electronically safe? Might be advisable to consider bringing in private contractors to do a thorough sweep.
Bugs can be very useful when found never remove them.
it is behind a paywall. Why say it is not?
Google the title. It’s not behind a paywall if you do that. FRegards.
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