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Kelly a security blanket feels increasingly emboldened to act a lone. this stood out to me. you also have leon pineetta who said you basically become a white house intern being told what to do. wow, white house intern? >> yes, that was a pretty strong remark from leon panetta. they worked together at the pentagon a few years back. look, i interviewed panetta and he made it clear that he thinks kelly has lost that sacred bond, that trust, with the president. now, look, president trump hasn't fired kelly, at least not as of this hour. our reporting shows kelly is probably going to stick around f...

Between the president and john kelly haven't been especially bad recently, but then this person added -- this official explained that kelly initially viewed his job as baby-sitting and now feels less of a need to be omnipresent. while trump who once considered kelly a security blanket feels increasingly emboldened to act alone. the then there are reports of oval office screaming matches. i'm trying to imagine you screaming. not you. in any case, did this sound like a recipe for an efficient operation at 1600 pennsylvania avenue? >> no, it does not. and describing something is not especially ba...

Having two generals was not going to work. here is a bit more from the post, kelly's relationship with trump is turbulent saying he talks to kelly more than any other official and kelly viewed his job as babysitting but feels less of a need to be on the present while trump that considered kelly as a security blanket feels em boddenboldened alone. in doing so sidelines aids in the process? >> that's probably what is happening. without a doubt, we've seen the president moving to be more emboldened. there were immediate changes we saw in the white house particularly on the tweeting front but as t...

Isolation, whether it's with the border and trade, this is where he wants to go and this complicates it all. i think he is nervous about his own political base which is why he's been so focused on the border. >> your metaphor of hugging the base is exactly right. it's not just politically that he cares about the base, it seems to be his security blanket. when he spoke about the tax reform, he throws it away and says i don't really care about this. i want to talk about the wall and i want to talk about trade and i want to talk about tariffs, and it's as if going back to the base gives him a sen...

Try to explain to him in terms he will understand what the consequences are of his actions. some of that they've already, i'm sure, been able to show him. look, you fired comecomey. look what happened. you have bob mueller. and hopefully they can get him under control. >> we know that if you leave the employ of the white house you never leave the president's cell phone. you and i both know some of the folks in his circle. who can you speak to that he's getting advice from? is it a shrinking circle of people just by choice or by happenstance? >> i think it's the usual suspects. it's corey lewan...