I think the underlying problem is going to be there. Kelly seems to be a man similar in values as Trump, so what does everyone want? I am worried about his replacement. At least General Kelly understands the security of the country. The American people have to come to terms with the man that Donald Trump is, not his chief of staff.
The meeting to introduce General Kelly to the staff is very telling, namely, the family was present in the wings of the meeting and not front and center. That to me is a part of the problem with disgruntled murmuring in the White House.
While General Kelly is taking on the public identity of a person unable to get along with Donald Trump, I am not sure that isn't an asset in the stability of the White House. A mean boss may be difficult to get along with, but, he is a boss that can do the job. I think the disgruntled staff and perhaps journalists that do not have access to the president need to assess their real complaints and the issues the country may be facing. It seems to me the complaints General Kelly is facing was inherited and not developed by the General. Did anyone ever think Bannon would be gone? Bannon is gone.
The real story is the lack of focus by the US Congress to sincerely resolve these issues and not General Kelly.
August 14, 2017
By Michael Duffy
To the men and women (click here) of the Trump White House–the curious, the hopeful, the desperate and the dubious–the all-hands summons was a little out of the ordinary.
It invited everyone to a meeting the next day in an unusual place: not a room in the cramped West Wing or the much larger South Court Auditorium, which is typically used for such sessions, but the quieter marbled entryway of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House. After almost 200 days of infighting, leaks and operatic staff shake-ups, morale was running a bit thin. Hundreds of people, including dozens who have been exiled from the West Wing for a sorely needed renovation, turned up to meet the new boss.
No introduction was needed. John Kelly simply stepped to the microphone and said, “Hi. Nice to meet you. I’m from Boston.” As the President’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and other senior aides watched from the wings, the retired four-star Marine general then rallied the embattled troops and laid down new rules of engagement. He urged his staff to stop the infighting and set their egos and agendas (and any leaking) aside. With a nod to the Marine credo–God, Country, Corps–he told his audience that they must start serving a hierarchy that put the nation, and not the President, first: “Country, President, Self,” he said....
