So upset about this. Especially reportedly saying, giving him advice not to resign, saying that he could weather this. Again, this is an accused Domestic Abuser. Right. You have to question kellys judgment. And, you know, people inside the white house say, look, many of them like kelly, some of them dont like kelly because He Silos Everything and keeps them away from the president. But one thing most people seem to agree on is that he doesnt have any political sense. And, you know, he doesnt understand political . Gloria, listen. No, in terms of i dont want to be insulting. No, but im not saying on the abuse stuff, but im just saying, a priori, this is such a terrible thing, get rid of him. Why is he even still there after all of this time . Thats a good question. I want to get to jim. Chief of staff, john kelly, were talking about him. Forward was pretty glowing. And its sort of odd, a senior white house official told us this evening, don, one of the reasons they were putting out thes
of military gear with no idea of what real war is like, what troops actually do. this is also utterly divorced from american traditions. we certainly celebrate the military and we have parades when soldiers come momi like from the gulf war. but we re not north korea, not the the soviet union. we don t glory in displays of military hardware. our twloer is our constitution, rule of law, free and open society. and unfortunately donald trump is doing great damage to all of those even as he claims to celebrate what makes america great. if he really wanted to pay tribute and honor to men and women in uniform fighting for freedoms overseas couldn t he visit a war zone, afghanistan or iraq? that would be a great idea. he could also make good on his pledges that he made during the campaign to greatly expand the size of the active duty army, of the navy, air force, because they re too small for the missions they face.
what real war is like, what troops actually do. this is also utterly divorced from american traditions. we certainly celebrate the military and we have parades when soldiers come momi like from the gulf war. but we re not north korea, not the the soviet union. we don t glory in displays of military hardware. our twloer is our constitution, rule of law, free and open society. and unfortunately donald trump is doing great damage to all of those even as he claims to celebrate what makes america great. if he really wanted to pay tribute and honor to men and women in uniform fighting for freedoms overseas couldn t he visit a war zone, afghanistan or iraq? that would be a great idea. he could also make good on his pledges that he made during the campaign to greatly expand the size of the active duty army, of the navy, air force, because they re too small for the missions they face. i was at ft. benning, georgia,
and age, when it comes to abuses of all sorts. jim, when did john kelly find out about this, do we know for sure? you know, don, from what we understand, this was not known in the initial months of the administration. i heard that from a senior white house official earlier today, but that this was becoming known, this was becoming common knowledge as john kelly was taking command of the staff inside the west wing. was he keeping it from other people? and he was aware of these problems well, he was aware of these problems with the security background check and others were aware of the problems with the background check. and to not take action on that also raises questions about kelly s judgment that i think he s going to have to answer eventually. whether he knew about all of these allegations, i don t think that has been shown at this