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That he's in, he doesn't want any more grown ups in the room. james mattis, secretary of defense, is the only one standing. >> think of the people that have gone. mcmaster, gary cohen, hope hicks. rex tillerson. every grown up in the room is gone. >> he's done with grown ups. he will fire him and he won't replace him. and in defense of john kelly, i would just like to say what did did we just hear, that he was -- the president was ready to get our troops out of south korea? there have been anecdotes you are aware about that have never been revealed to the public that are beyond crazy where joh...

Daniels and all these scandals that are surrounding the white house. what he wants is a comfort blanket. he doesn't trust -- at least from my reporti ining john kell someone he doesn't trust, he doesn't trust the process john kelly put into place so this idea that he wants to return to trump tower and return to this idea that he can govern the united states as if it's a corporation is what he wants to do. he wants to go back to kind of just being around people who agree are him and will tell him he's doing a good job and some people are saying you need to do those things differently and those ...

>> what struck me and i'm curious for ashley's take on this, it's not clear to me why they were holding an off the record briefing with john kelly and then we were allowed to share some details of that conversation specifically as it related to the rob porter mess. you have think about how chaotic this week was and now we reignited the conversation about rob porter based on some of these comment by john kell, where among other things, he acknowledged that the team could have been a better job. they were not covered in glory in how they hamd the situation. it was confusing. the take away as it ...

Be alarm bell sooner. and when it was known that he was wasn't given full security clearance.bell sooner. and when it was known that he was wasn't given full security clearance. if we see another staff shakeup is the big question. multiple people here say the president doesn't really have an appetite for more drama within his white house. and so that may be the one thing that holds him back. even as he contemplates potential replacements for john kelly and potentially some other people involved in this matter. the one thing holding him back is that he wants to row jekprojs steady hship. >> and...

Trump on his way up and as president, too. >> i know it's got to be really, really hard after, you know, the last year and a half of all the things you said about donald to see him sitting in the oval office. >> every critic, every detractor will have to bow down to president trump. it is the ultimate revenge to become the most powerful man in the universe. >> look at my african-american over here. look at him. >> reporter: part of omarosa's role was to answer the bitter accusations that he was too cozy with racists and too distant from minorities. [ applause ] >> reporter: but her vigorous de...