been no house vote and how everything s been behind closed doors. so that s been what they ve sort of been rallying around and they were taken aback today by the speaker s announcement that there actually would be a vote and you saw just a couple comments about it but not a whole lot from republicans close to the president because they don t really know what to say yet. they want to see how this vote goes. they want to see what comes out. they re going to have to kind of shift gears here and figure out something else to say. jonathan swan, let s talk about a little bit of irony here. this is a president who, indeed, loves the phrase, kind of dated as it is, central casting. this is a president who likes to physically mime the characteristics of military bearing. this is a guy with a title from the nsc who would normally lly appeal in all kinds of credible ways in normal times to a lindsey graham and, yet, here we are, these people with terrific resumes, with jobs on the inside, are c
whole lot from republicans close to the president because they don t really know what to say yet. they want to see how this vote goes. they want to see what comes out. they re going to have to kind of shift gears here and figure out something else to say. jonathan swan, let s talk about a little bit of irony here. this is a president who, indeed, loves the phrase, kind of dated as it is, central casting. this is a president who likes to physically mime the characteristics of military bearing. this is a guy with a title from the nsc who would normally appeal in all kinds of credible ways in normal times to a lindsey graham and, yet, here we are, these people with terrific resumes, with jobs on the inside, are coming forward one after one. yeah, and, look, you might see, you know, you played that clip from earlier, you might see some house members attack this army veteran. i don t expect based on my conversations with republican senators that you re going to
whole lot from republicans close to the president because they don t really know what to say yet. they want to see how this vote goes. they want to see what comes out. they re going to have to kind of shift gears here and figure out something else to say. jonathan swan, let s talk about a little bit of irony here. this is a president who, indeed, loves the phrase, kind of dated as it is, central casting. this is a president who likes to physically mime the characteristics of military bearing. this is a guy with a title from the nsc who would normally appeal in all kinds of credible ways in normal times to a lindsey graham and, yet, here we are, these people with terrific resumes, with jobs on the inside, are coming forward one after one. yeah, and, look, you might see, you know, you played that clip from earlier, you might see some house members attack this army veteran. i don t expect based on my conversations with republican senators that you re going to
valued about jim baker. now, picking up on something kristen wellinger said. trump clearly said he thinks he can be his own chief of staff. to which i would santa fe if donald trump wants to be jimmy carter he should continue to do what he is doing, namely having a chief of staff who is not empowered to tell him hard truths. it took jimmy carter frankly four years to figure it out. i mean it was only in his final year that the that carter realized he needed an empowered chief. he found jack watson who it was terrific. it was too late. this is a water shed moment for trump. he needs to get it right. if you don t get the chief of staff right you are asking for trouble. what does right look like? for a while it looked like john kelly with his military bearing might have been right. as we discussed many times over the last year, john kelly has done things that made people doubt whether he was right for the job. but what does right look like for a guy like donald trump who
suggesting this could be a turning point in the trump presidency. is that overly dramatic? you know, it depends on which kind of trump supporters you re talking about. some see john kelly as a savior. someone who will stabilize and it will be a turning point. and there are some trump supporters that see this as a betrayal of the true trump. that john kelly is in some way being brought in to blunt the sharp ideological edges of nationalism and so forth. that trump had promised.and look, that white house is a snake pit. you talk about the military bearing of john kelly impressing people. hr mcmaster has i believe three stars on his shoulder and his military bearing has not protected him from a campaign of vicious leaks coming from people within the white house and regarding him as sort of a sellout on foreign policy. john kelly has got to get, he has his hands on the problem right now and i think a lot of people inside the staff are