in this white house, we all know it s incredibly chaotic, incredibly turbulent, and professionally at least he was viewed as sort of an adult in the room. he was by all accounts smart and professional and competent and a stabilizing force. and so even when these allegations first came to light, there was a sense in the white house that they wanted him there, they thought he was doing a good job. they didn t want to have to worry about finding a replacement. he is as you mentioned the person that literally touches just about every single piece of paper that ends up on the president s desk. he has a 360 view of what s happening in that white house. frankly, he served in many ways as general kelly s right hand. they were reluctant to let someone go they could rely on despite quite troubling allegations. as you mention in your story, two degrees from harvard, rhodes scholar, his father worked in the previous bush white house, he looked for all intents and purposes like mr. republican.
paid stormy daniels out of his own pocket. now, jill, is this a distinction and a difference? why would this be important and germane enough to reinject the porn star story back into the news cycle? what is the difference between i paid her with my own money or i paid with some other entity? well, their trying to make it look like it wasn t paid out of campaign money. it s basically trump money no matter what. and the admission that they re paying a porn star says something. why would they pay her? it s because she could have possibly blackmailed the president. he s the only person in the white house that doesn t need a security clearance, unlike the
analyst. i can t believe i have to begin with a porn star, but i have to begin with a porn star. maggie haberman has written trump s long time lawyer said he paid stormy daniels out of his own pocket. now, jill, is this a distinction and a difference? why would this be important and germane enough to reinject the porn star story back into the news cycle? what is the difference between i paid her with my own money or i paid with some other entity? well, their trying to make it look like it wasn t paid out of campaign money. it s basically trump money no matter what. and the admission that they re paying a porn star says something. why would they pay her? it s because she could have possibly blackmailed the president. he s the only person in the white house that doesn t need a security clearance, unlike the
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to the president, what s he saying. and they re saying he looks at the press coverage every day, the print newspapers, and he now knows it s a week-long story and it s not ending anytime soon. jonathan swan, i heard former national director of intelligence clapper tonight say something for the first time to my hearing that i bet you is going to get circulation tomorrow. that is that he started to equate flynn and kelly as two generals with stellar records in the general business and a bunch of stars on their shoelulders between them, who seemed to turn, seemed to change in the c axis and atmosphere of the president in this white house. any thoughts? people who work for the president are exposed every day to the way that the president thinks and, you know, bob has covered the president for longer than i have, and he knows this even more than i do.