John Kellys First News Today

Reince priebus and john kelly in the way they approach this job. the commander in chief asks him to do something, is coming at things from a different posture in terms of his job than reince did, because he wanted to be there. he wanted that job and the ability to kind of shape this historic presidency and also, to some extent, make it work with establishment republicans who control congress. so general kelly has the ability to a greater extent to set the terms and certainly is being encouraged ...

Priorityies, i think trump woul be perfectly happy with that. i just dont know that thats something that john kelly will be able to do either. >> thats a great question. hes a retired general of the united states marines, american hero. retired eight months before he was tapped to serve by trump. he was born and raised in boston, member of the red sox nation. points for that. served in iraq and afghanistan. used to work with leon panetta. he doesnt have a lot of political experience. top eight, ...

Which group made me president? how about i am president, how can i get things done? >> joe dunfred, very close with john kelly. in fact, he informed john kelly his son had died in afghanistan. thats a relationship two men very close. >> could be a change in that area. rallying cry collapses with a thumbs down from senator john mccain. now what? a costume party. bill assumed his mayo was the best choice. assume nothing. just like the leading brand, kraft real mayo is made with high quality ingr...

Youre going to have to deal with. serious people on the national security council who are thinking through new ways to deal with this issue. it is something that general kelly will have to deal with. simply because whether or not the administration decides to push this, that or the other on capitol hill, other domestic issues, national security and foreign polishes end up dictating -- events kind of dictate what a white house will have to deal with. >> the military people dont like the president...

Respect. thats the top general in the united states saying i was just blind sided by the president. everybody stand put until we figure this out. >> absolutely. fundamentally, kelly can manage him, advise him. these various groups helped him become the president. the wing led by steve bannon, the conservative wing and the wall street wing. whether theyre the reason hes president or he is the reason hes president and right now he instinct east ofly seems to be leaning to the idea hes the reason h...

Sunday, michael bender of the wall street journal, michael warren of the weekly standard and cnns sarah murray. word there would be a new sheriff in town came friday evening after a bloody and public week of west wing warfare. retired general john kelly, can current homeland security secretary, starts tomorrow as chief of staff. >> reince is a good man. john kelly will do a fantastic job. general kelly has been a star, done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody. a great, great ameri...

Cabinet officials come in periodically for updates to the president, one of -- john kelly has always stood head and shoulders above almost all the rest of the cabinet, has results all the time for the president. the president respects his record. and something that priebus struggled with from the start. the president viewed him as weak from basically day one. >> i think the question is, how long does the president respect john kelly? right now he does have him at a distance coming in for updates...

Could be the beginning of the end of the presidency unless mueller did something wrong. >> it wasnt just ken starr. a lot of people say dont make us choose between and you jeff sessions because we will choose jeff sessions. in congress, lindsey graham one of many voices, just one of the more colorful ones. dont force him out. if you do, you wont get a replacement. john kelly moving over from homeland security to the white house, will he just try to move him over to homeland security? is that a f...

I think he was right to hit the reset button and i think it was something that i think the white house needs. i think its healthy. >> okay. he thinks its healthy. hes gone. thats what you say. the question is, what next? what changes? can general kelly, the anti-trump in many ways -- believes in order, discipline. he thinks before he speaks. can he change the behavior of the presidents inner circle and, more importantly, can he change the behavior of the president? >> yeah. i think two things we...

Well, thats a relationship that could sour. i find it hard to believe that john kelly can change that. >> who just hired a communications director in a way that john kelly found distasteful. anthony scaramucci came out and said reince is a bleeping paranoid schizophrenic. im trying to figure out john kellys first, second, third day in the white house. he wakes up and is watching the news and sees something like this from anthony scaramucci. >> as you know, from the italian phrase, the fish stink...