Staff john kelly is growing increasingly frustrated with the president , telling Senior National Security Officials that the president is becoming, quote, unhinged. Kelly making that comment specifically to the secretary of defense jim mattis, joseph dunford, and Senior National Security Council officials and this happened during a discussion about syria. This comes as nbc news is reporting kelly referred to trump as an idiot. Thats an accusation kelly denies. Saying, i spend more time with the president than anyone else and we have an incredibly candid and strong relationship. He always knows where i stand and he and i both know the story is total bs. But cnn has reported tensions between kelly and the president have been brewing for some time. The president has been ramping up his personal cell phone use, one source saying thats because he doesnt want kelly to know who hes talking to. Were reporting the president has been bypassing kelly by having john bolton and larry kudlow basical