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Former Trump Chief Of Staff John Kelly On Ukraine Claim: ‘I Believe John Bolton’
Huffpost ^ | 1/28/20 | Sebastian Murdock

Posted on 01/28/2020 1:53:13 PM PST by DoodleDawg

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To: DoodleDawg

I have long stated that Kelly was a filthy traitorous dirtbag. Another trump personnel decision that cost him in wasted effort. Kelly would stab you in the back in a minute. He sabotaged every trump immigration policy when he was at DHS. He defines scumball.


41 posted on 01/28/2020 2:31:19 PM PST by Okeydoker
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To: DoodleDawg

Kelly is another globalist, of course he does.


42 posted on 01/28/2020 2:32:35 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Sans-Culotte

“Kelly, Bolton, Sessions, Mattis, Omarosa, et al. Trump chose...poorly.

During the campaign Trump bragged constantly about the size of his rolodex and all of the “great” people he was going to appoint to government jobs. When he was elected, it was soon clear he had given little thought or attention to putting together a quality team ready to hit the ground running. As a result he was forced to start his presidency with Obama holdovers, a few generals, and mostly Washington insiders. Many key slots remained unfilled for months.

During the campaign he chose Paul Manafort to be his campaign manager, apparently without proper vetting. He kept the sleazy Michael Cohn as his personal attorney, after being elected president, a selection which soon backfired when Cohn turned on him. Omorossa was a prize he brought from his own organization. One might also argue Ivanka and Jarod were not prepared to deal with Washington and contributed to some of the poor personnel choices Trump made.

At this point, one could surmise attracting and selecting talent is not one of Trump’s core competencies as a leader. He also seems to have trouble inspiring loyalty in his key people.


43 posted on 01/28/2020 2:32:37 PM PST by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on i)
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To: DoodleDawg

If you are that gullible, it’s a good thing you were fired.


44 posted on 01/28/2020 2:33:01 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet
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To: DoodleDawg

Regardless, he’s really only saying he considers Bolton a creditable person. He doesn’t even know if Bolton said what is claimed, or any further detail.

Bolton is strident and over-aggressive, but he also has a reputation for being forthright.

We’ll see soon, but we already see differences between the NYT article direct claims and it’s characterizations.

Maybe Bolton is being an opportunist jerk, but there’s a lot of extrapolation and innuendo by untrustworthy media.


45 posted on 01/28/2020 2:34:25 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: DoodleDawg

Loss of self-control and egomania are the first to manifestations of TDS.


46 posted on 01/28/2020 2:35:14 PM PST by LIConFem (I will no longer accept the things I cannot change. it's time to change the things I cannot accept.)
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To: Regulator

He needed draining apparently. Good call again President Trump.


47 posted on 01/28/2020 2:38:02 PM PST by Kudsman (Im trying to love the tolerant left. They make it very hard to do.)
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To: DoodleDawg

How irresponsible to say IF it’s in a book, I believe it. Wasn’t there, doesn’t know, hasn’t even read the book.


48 posted on 01/28/2020 2:41:14 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: DoodleDawg

It’s all a set up. Bolton and Kelly wouldn’t both do this if they weren’t in on a tactic “Oh no not the briar patch....( where I can use my big guns)”


49 posted on 01/28/2020 2:44:06 PM PST by DainBramage
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To: Soul of the South

Except the Congress delayed approving hundreds of his appointees.

Manafort did a great job pre convention and left.

Trump brought in a number of establishment people who disappointed.


50 posted on 01/28/2020 2:45:11 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: DoodleDawg

The Deep State lifers all hate Trump and think they know better.

Yet John “Loud Mouth” Kelly won’t run for POTUS now will he? There has been no bigger disappoint of the Age of Trump than the disloyalty of “Trump’s Generals” to POTUS and the Constitution. Sadly, I believe it reflects on the services in general at the command level. Plain and simple, they are not with the people. They are loyal to the Deep State and that is all.


51 posted on 01/28/2020 2:48:13 PM PST by lodi90
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All of these pouty, thumb-sucking Trump haters keep saying Trump "withheld" aid to the Ukraine.

He didn't withhold aid to Ukraine. Trump saying he wanted to withhold aid is vastly different that actually withholding the aid. The Ukraine received their US aid.

This is where Bolton is wrong (and Kelly). The Ukraine got their aid despite what they "heard". His claims are more of the same----second-hand accounts of what actually happened.

And he's lying if he says there was no coordination in releasing excerpts of his book (not due out for two months) at the very time of the impeachment trial. There are no such thing as a coincidence like that. He's trying to cause trouble deliberately.

If Trump didn't actually withhold the aid, there is no case.

52 posted on 01/28/2020 2:49:32 PM PST by HotHunt (Been there. Done that.)
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To: Truth29

What is this thing? Trump fires someone and they try to bring down the country, over and over again. They have no honor or sense of proportion.


They all think they know better than the voters that elected Trump. Time to burn it down and start over. Only good can come from the ashes of the Uniparty.


53 posted on 01/28/2020 2:49:59 PM PST by lodi90
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To: DoodleDawg

Have we heard from Kellyanne Conway’s husband-thingy on this yet?

I never form an opinion on anything without his input.


54 posted on 01/28/2020 2:58:15 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats only believe in democracy when they win the election.)
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To: DoodleDawg

Well Bolton made a major error. he claimed he talked to the AG about Ukraine. AG Barr says that conversation never happened. I believe the AG.


55 posted on 01/28/2020 3:04:49 PM PST by MNJohnnie (They would have abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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To: DoodleDawg

Yawn. Another warmonger heard from.


56 posted on 01/28/2020 3:06:31 PM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: DoodleDawg

Apparently, you don’t have to have many brains to believe a disgruntled, angry former employee.


57 posted on 01/28/2020 3:07:12 PM PST by righttackle44 (Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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To: DoodleDawg

It’s both funny and sad to see all these @ssholes show their true colors after so many Freepers held them up as great members of the Trump administration — and even criticized a lot of us here who knew long ago that they were ... well, @SSHOLES.


58 posted on 01/28/2020 3:09:41 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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To: DoodleDawg

Trump sure can pick ‘em. Or, rather, whoever on his staff was aiding him didn’t.


59 posted on 01/28/2020 3:14:59 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: DoodleDawg

“I believe John Bolton,”

Who cares?!?!? It’s still not impeachable.


60 posted on 01/28/2020 3:18:37 PM PST by Dr. Pritchett
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