Is if if the president of the United States continues to call in aides and instruct them or give them leave to go out and make comments and starts exciting inconsistent with what the policy is of the administration or changing it, i think that the general is going to have to do this hes going to have to tell the president , look, mr. President , if youre going to tweet, let us know beforehand and let us take a look at it, if you will, and also folks coming into your office, when they come out of your office, if you call them in, instruct them that they will have to come by me and inform me whats been said, and hes going to have to structure this thing. I dont know whether thats going to work, but i do know that those below the general, given what he did today, i think will have gotten the message, and i think hes certainly got the possibility of imposing a new sense of discipline and order on the staff below him but were dealing with the president of the United States i mean, thats one
Media was calling mr. Trump a greenhorn president. President xi showed off his latest weapons many a huge military parade. Venezuela, ten reported dead yesterday. President maduro claims support for his plan to impose a socialist dictatorship. When will his regime end . Its on our doorstep. President trump threatens strong and swift economic action. Russia, president putin will throw out hundreds of u. S. Diplomats in a tit for tat retaliation over more extensive american sanctions. Half hour from now, john kelly sworn in as white house chief of staff. Bring in a general to impose more discipline. Look, the world is on fire, politics at home is cantankerous and unsettled, but stay with us. We have the amazon news, the tesla news, the uber news and, yes, you are going to see stocks go up again a half hour from now. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart well, look at this. President trumps already taking a victory lap on the economy. Hes doing it this morning. Here is tweet. Highest s
But general kelly has full authorities to operate within the white house and all staff will report to him. Liz a push for civility amid geopolitical turmoil. Socialist venezuela on the brink of civil war and in a rare mood, the white house sanctions venezuelas president. Russia kicks out 755 u. S. Diplomats. China flexes its muscle with a massive military parade. North korea test launches icbms that could hit denver. And an airplane bomb terror plot foiled in australia. So is this a time to have a general as chief of staff . Welcome to risk and reward, im Elizabeth Macdonald in deirdre bolton. John kelly sworn in as chief of staff earlier today. His inbox already full. Venezuela, russia, china, north korea. This as the media belittles the appointment saying the general is on a mission instoppable. But being the right guy at the right time. The dow closing in on 22,000 just about 70 points away. Closing 60 points higher to a record high. The s p in a record high too, nasdaq closing a li
Was going to step down to clear the decks for Anthony Scaramucci to build a communications team. Today, the white house cleared the decks again. It ranks the shortest ranks in white house history. After ten days on the job, Anthony Scaramucci is out as White House Communications director. It was john kelly who asked for scaramucci to go after a profanitylaced interview scaramucci thought was off the record became public last week. The president certainly felt that anthonys comments were inappropriate for a position in that position. And he didnt want to burden general kelly also with that line of concession. Scaramuccis removal is a sharp indicator of how much power he will have as staff. Swearing in kelly this morning. I predict general kelly will go down as chief of staff one of the great ever. As a senior military assistant, kelly is well versed in the ways of washington. President trump is banking that kellys military discipline can bring some order to a west wing by competing powe
The market may infect open a 22,000 this morning. Take a look at the euro zone indices this morning. Ft 100 up two thirds of a percent in the dax index of two thirds as well. Gains across the board to report. The hang seng in hong kong and the kospi in korea. On to the white house another major shakeout. Anthony scaramucci has been taking out his medications director less than two weeks after taking a job. The issue reportedly coming from the white house chief is not, general john kelly during his first day. The administration looking to move forward in policy as the holds a meaningless mall Business Owners this afternoon. Look at tax reform and prospects as well. New developments in the investigation into the congressional base all shooting in the Capitol Police went to the wrong location first. They went to the home of House Minority leader nance nicolosi instead of going to the baseball field. What we know coming up this morning. Chaos in venezuela. Opposition leaders taken from the