Donald Trump on John Kelly

Donald Trump on His Second Chief of Staff John Kelly

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2017 - April 2018
Dec 2018 - 2020

Donald Trump on John Kelly Then
Donald Trump on John Kelly Now

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#DonaldTrump 7/28/17: "John ❲Kelly❳ has…done a spectacular job at Homeland Security. He has been a true star of my Administration." » #Trump 12/8/18: "John Kelly will be leaving, retiring. I don’t know if I can say ‘retiring.’" Click To Tweet

Donald Trump on His Second Chief of Staff John Kelly

THEN

2017 - April 2018

Donald Trump on John Kelly Then
“I am pleased to inform you that I have just named General/Secretary John F Kelly as White House Chief of Staff. He is a Great American and a Great Leader. John has also done a spectacular job at Homeland Security. He has been a true star of my Administration.”
“General John Kelly is doing a great job as Chief of Staff. I could not be happier or more impressed – and this Administration continues to get things done at a record clip. Many big decisions to be made over the coming days and weeks. AMERICA FIRST!”
“John Kelly is one of the best people I’ve ever worked with. He’s doing an incredible job. And he told me for the last two months, he loves it more than anything he’s ever done. He’s a military man, but he loves doing this, which is chief of staff, more than anything he’s ever done. He’s doing a great job. He will be here — in my opinion — for the entire seven remaining years… We have a very good relationship.”
- Oct 7, 2017

The Hill, Oct 7, 2017
Trump says Kelly will be in WH next seven years

(retrieved 6/6/20)
quote starts at beginning
“Thank you to General John Kelly, who is doing a fantastic job, and all of the Staff and others in the White House, for a job well done. Long hours and Fake reporting makes your job more difficult, but it is always great to WIN, and few have won more than us!”
“The Washington Post is far more fiction than fact… Story on John Kelly [saying his ‘credibility and his influence have been severely diminished’] isn’t true, just another hit job!”

#DonaldTrump 9/1/17: "General John Kelly is doing a great job as Chief of Staff. I could not be happier or more impressed." » #Trump 2/13/20: "I terminated John Kelly, which I couldn’t do fast enough." Click To Tweet

NOW

Dec 2018 - 2020

Donald Trump on John Kelly Now
“John Kelly will be leaving, retiring. I don’t know if I can say ‘retiring.’ But he’s a great guy. John Kelly will be leaving at the end of the year… [I] appreciate his service very much.”
Dec 8, 2018 -

The Hill, Dec 8, 2018
John Kelly to leave White House at year's end

(retrieved 6/6/20)
“When I terminated John Kelly, which I couldn’t do fast enough, he knew full well that he was way over his head. Being Chief of Staff just wasn’t for him. He came in with a bang, went out with a whimper, but like so many X’s, he misses the action & just can’t keep his mouth shut, which he actually has a military and legal obligation to do. His incredible wife, Karen, who I have a lot of respect for, once pulled me aside & said strongly that ‘John respects you greatly. When we are no longer here, he will only speak well of you.’ Wrong!”
“John Kelly didn’t know I was going to fire James Mattis, nor did he have any knowledge of my asking for a letter of resignation. Why would I tell him, he was not in my inner-circle, was totally exhausted by the job, and in the end just slinked away into obscurity. They all want to come back for a piece of the limelight!”
“I know John Kelly. He was with me, didn’t do a good job, had no temperament, and ultimately he was petered out. He got — he was exhausted. This man was totally exhausted.

“He wasn’t even able to function in the last number of months. He was not able to function. He was sort of a tough guy. By the time he got eaten up in this world, it’s a different world than he was used to, he was unable to function. And I told him, John, you’re going to have to go. Please give me a letter of resignation. And we did that, and now he goes out and badmouths.

“Now, there are people that are jealous. There are people that are upset that they’re not here anymore… [The anonymous source who said I denigrated military personnel] could’ve been a guy like a John Kelly because he was…he was a very–you look at some of his news conferences, what happened to him. He got eaten alive. He was unable to handle the pressure of this job. This job was a tough job. Mark Meadows, doing a great job, but Kelly was unable to do that.”
Sept 4, 2020 -

RealClearPolitics, Sept 4, 2020
Trump: John Kelly Was 'Unable To Function' As Chief of Staff, 'Got Eaten Alive' And 'Petered Out'

(retrieved 9/4/20)

#DonaldTrump 10/7/17: "John Kelly…loves doing…chief of staff, more than anything he’s ever done. He’s doing a great job." » #Trump 2/13/20: "Kelly…knew full well that he was way over his head. Being Chief of Staff just wasn’t for him." Click To Tweet

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