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Lesbians rights. she wanted to see everyone treated equally. thats one of the things that wasnt done, wanted to strapped up against the protest, against the alt-right coming here to charlottesville to basically show that she stood up for minority rights. this whole thing again with alt-right coming here is just appalling. to me its an embarrassment to our country that mr. trump -- i call him mr. trump because i dont see him as my president. this isnt a man leading our country. this is a man divi...

Shoulder pads. not what he does as head of the staff but as chief, firstal off of equals among the president. if the presidents trusts him, thats 99% of the game right there, seems like right now the president does. havent seen indication otherwise. hes always talked up. i keep on trying to call him secretary and general. chief of staff john kelly. and john kelly has gone to bat for the president publicly. via on the wiretapping issue. be it on the travel ban. so he has sort of earned the presid...

And success. i think he has -- hes brought order, theres no doubt. hes a person with great order. hes brought discipline, no doubt, to that effort. and also, the most important thing is not what he does as head of the staff, but also as chief, which means hes first among equals to the president, if the president trusts him, thats 99% of the gail right there. the fact -- the other biggest piece right there is not the staff. its the president. and i say this, as the president gets in his own way. ...

Daughter. you dont stand between me and my father. >> jard and i are first among equals. im doubtful kelly will make a difference in this white house. the fact is trump is his centrifugal force. he pushes everyone away from him except family members. and thats the problem in this. its never going to be an organization thats run in a linear tactical way. hes in it for self agrandizement. hes not about ideology. >> people see that as refreshing. hes pragmatic. he just does works. >> hes got to get...

To make policy decisions are teed up for the commander in chief. >> chris whipple, he has brought in everyone. theres a situation in syria. should we fire these missiles or not? hes brought in everyone who has something to say about it, but before he makes his decision, ivanka would like a word with him. what does the chief of staff do in that situation? >> well, i think, look, his most important -- one of his most important duties is to be the so-called honest broker. hes got to make sure that ...

Also got to -- in addition to being empowered as first among equals, hes got to draw some red lines. think about this meeting. think about trump dictating this memo on air force one. you know, its white house chief incompetence, malpractice, that donald trump was permitted to even be in that cabin dictating that message. its white house chief malpractice for donald trump to be allowed to be in a room with james comey by himself in the context of an investigation into russia. i mean comey has to ...

With me. i kept you up to the middle of the night on thursday when the health care bill passed. chris, let me start with you. would it be normal or acceptable for somebody who works within the confines of the white house whos not the president to not be reporting to the chief of staff? >> well, look. back in december i wrote an epi loug to my book, the gate keepers. trump who has no experience and is the ultimate outsider would fail unless he empowered a white house chief of staff as first among...

The number two person in the white house that has become a soap opera is not necessarily a promotion. its an adjustment. >> something tells me he does not want to star in a soap opera. final things, dan? >> david raises the right question. if anthony scaramucci and kushner do not report up through kelly, this will not work. the president has to make the chief of staff first among equals. he did not do it with reince priebus, if it doesnt happen here, it doesnt matter if hes rnc chair, there has ...

Some clarity now. >> this does come down to this, right? and when you -- anthony scaramucci ten days as communications director. six f-bombs in one press briefing and yet he clearly had the full confidence of the president of the united states. clearly. let me play the president talking about anthony scaramucci so people dont have to trust my word for it. >> how was your press conference? good? you did a good job? >> very good. hes a terrific guy. >> if scaramucci spectacular failure a reflectio...

The person who probably had the widest command of all of that in my experience was leon panetta because he was on the budget committee in the house of representatives, which has jurisdiction over, in its way, almost everything. he had worked in the office of management and budget of the entire federal budget. so he had to look into every single thing the government was doing before he walked into that white house. and he was himself a politician elected to office in the congress. he had everythi...