a an east wing staff to get all the support and assets we need. mrs. trump s staff is very small, all the more reason to have allies on the west wing to get that help when you are planning a solo trip to africa or whatever it might be. and mira ricardel aobviously i know of her and john bolton, too, and they have a hawkish view, and they don t care about infighting. i know about the sharp elbows, she didn t endear herself, mira ricardel. did something happen on the afri africa trip? well, i was on the trip. the first lady does not fly in a
how unprecedented a public statement. it s pretty shocking. i feel while the president is often tweeting crazy things, the first lady s office doesn t and hasn t. she pretty much as kept a backseat driver and has not been a public figure, so this is pretty shocking for sure. i also think, as you say, she worked for josh bolton, sharp elbows, and she clearly has sharp elbows and the first lady is pushing back. the reportinging on this is ric ricardel is over. is kelly going to make it? i feel like this morning if i
the west wing, to your previous point, has been always full of people, both genders, sharp elbows, hard noses, people don t suffer fools, people don t scare easily. but you ve written that this departure of a bolton deputy may have more weight than a departure of, say, a chief of staff. walk us through that flowchart and the reasoning. well, i just think the point i made earlier is just we have known that kelly has been on his way out for a long time. you know, his frustration level with both the white house and with president trump has been well known. i thought that the news today about mira ricardel and this clash she d had with the first lady and the first lady s public statement which was so extraordinary really said so much more because it really means that this is one of the first potential missteps for john bolton as national security adviser. he s going to lose basically his attack dog in the white house.
now she s been engaged in the conversation. the west wing, to your previous point, has been always full of people, both genders, sharp elbows, hard noses, people don t suffer fools, people don t scare easily. but you ve written that this departure of a bolton deputy may have more weight than a dep departure of, say, a keechief o staff. walk us through that flowchart and the reasoning. well, i just think the point i made earlier is just we have known that kelly has been on his way out for a long time. you know, his frustration level with both the white house and with president trump has been well known. i thought that the news today about mira ricardel and this clash she d had with the first lady and the first lady s public statement which was so extraordinary really said so much more because it really means that this is one of the first potential missteps for john bolton as national security adviser. he s going to lose basically his attack dog in the white house. someone who really h
people, both genders, sharp elbows, hard noses, people don t suffer fools, people don t scare easily. but you ve written that this departure of a bolton deputy may have more weight than a departure of, say, a chief of staff. walk us through that flowchart and the reasoning. well, i just think the point i made earlier is just we have known that kelly has been on his way out for a long time. you know, his frustration level with both the white house and with president trump has been well known. i thought that the news today about mira ricardel and this clash she d had with the first lady and the first lady s public statement which was so extraordinary really said so