happening, maybe not quite as much. you can say there s been some effort there. if john kelly, a general, who donald trump respects, can t come in and get things together, is there anybody on planet earth who can do the job adequately of chief of staff. you mentioned the paper flow. who was responsible for the paper flow, rob porter. now months ago, the fbi told the white house that there were credible accusations of spousal abuse against this person who was responsible for sending highly classified information in some cases to the president s desk. porter, who was a smart guy was reading them, i m not sure the president was, so this is a person of enormous power, even though nobody had heard of him,
effort there. if john kelly, a general, who donald trump respects, can t come in and get things together, is there anybody on planet earth who can do the job adequately of chief of staff. you mentioned the paper flow. who was responsible for the paper flow, rob porter. now months ago, the fbi told the white house that there were credible accusations of spousal abuse against this person who was responsible for sending highly classified information in some cases to the president s desk. porter, who was a smart guy was reading them, i m not sure the president was, so this is a person of enormous power, even though nobody had heard of him, because he decides what the president sees. and he was a security risk. and he was operating on a temporary security clearance, which shouldn t exist. the fbi told the white house, this person has no business working for the government.
limited comments from sergeant johnson s family directly through reporting, confirming the basic outlines of what the congresswoman said, but she, of course, was the person who really went public and kept this controversy going, as you point out. this started on monday when the president himself criticized barack obama for how he handled talking to and expressing condolences to gold star families. that, of course, not true in the end, but this has continued, of course, with what has played out in the aftermath with these soldiers from niger. now, the chief of staff, john kelly, a general who as peter alexander noted, lost his own son in afghanistan in 2010. he expressed a pretty extraordinary, really condemnation of fredricka wilson and what she did. take a look what he had to say just a few minutes ago. what do i say?
things that really stuck out. he talked about the number of deaths and how puerto rico was costing a lot of money but to me pretty much the whole day or all four hours that he was there, there was just comment after comment. he talked about what good weather puerto rico has, he talked about his chief of staff, general kelly talk about how great a general he is, he s a four-star general, doesn t get any better than that. it was just a lot of joking around. i think that was a tone deaf way to go around today. you mentioned him throwing the paper towels, like a singer a the a rock show or throwing a football at a football game and it didn t seem serious. you ve already see a lot of people say that wasn t the way to go. phil rucker, what was the goal today? was it to tick a box? was it to preach fiscal conservatism in the light of a rebuilding effort?
there was just comment after comment. he talked about what good weather puerto rico has, he talked about his chief of staff, general kelly talk about how great a general he is, he s a four-star general, doesn t get any better than that. it was just a lot of joking around. i think that was a tone deaf way to go around today. you mentioned him throwing the paper towels, like a singer a the a rock show or throwing a football at a football game and it didn t seem serious. you ve already see a lot of people say that wasn t the way to go. phil rucker, what was the goal today? was it to tick a box? was it to preach fiscal conservatism in the light of a rebuilding effort? what was the stated goal on the part of the white house? i think the goal for president trump was to try to