and that s certainly the case now with members of congress and sort of these outside friends and confidantes who under general keke kelly s watch are having trouble reaching the president. the first six months or so it was confusing but instead of wausking into the oval office, they d walk outside, get in front of the tv camera and say something. under general kelly, within the west wing, that has stopped a little bit and now if you are a white house staffer, at least to get a message to the president is to go through general kelly. on the one stand, the president likes that discipline. he said it gives him time to think. on the other hand, this is a very undisciplined man at times and he chafes at that newfound structure that kelly has brought. john kelly was not with the president at davos, at the world economic forum. that spufueled a lot of this speculation.