This was day 273 of the Trump Administration, and on this one day the president s chief of staff, retired marine four star general john kelly, did something he abhors. He talked publicly about his dead son as a gold star father, and so did a service to donald trump. Also on this day, former president george w. Bush, 43, did something he abhors. He criticized a sitting president , not by name, mind you, but the association was crystal clear. This is now the 4th day in a row we have spoken on this broadcast about the most sacred of president ial tasks, communicating with gold star families after the death of a member of our armed forces. It was a sacred topic and should be and will again, but its been publicly cheapened to an obscene degree these past few days because of the president s own comparison initially to his predecessors and now he is alleged to have spoken with a military widow. More on that in a moment. Thats what brought general kelly into the Briefing Room today, a man who
Day the president s chief of staff, retired marine four star general john kelly, did something he abhors. He talked publicly about his dead son as a gold star father, and so did a service to donald trump. Also on this day, former president george w. Bush, 43, did something he abhors. He criticized a sitting president , not by name, mind you, but the association was crystal clear. This is now the 4th day in a row we have spoken on this broadcast about the most sacred of president ial tasks, communicating with gold star families after the death of a member of our armed forces. It was a sacred topic and should be and will again, but its been publicly cheapened to an obscene degree these past few days because of the president s own comparison initially to his predecessors and now he is alleged to have spoken with a military widow. More on that in a moment. Thats what brought general kelly into the Briefing Room today, a man who looked like hed rather be 100 other places. He went there to t