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Reince priebus and john kelly in the way they approach this job. the commander in chief asks him to do something, is coming at things from a different posture in terms of his job than reince did, because he wanted to be there. he wanted that job and the ability to kind of shape this historic presidency and also, to some extent, make it work with establishment republicans who control congress. so general kelly has the ability to a greater extent to set the terms and certainly is being encouraged to do that but a cross section of people inside and outside of the administration who watch this had unfold. he has no shortage of good advice from inside and outside. also if he said no several times, the time you say yes is the time you, to some at least, get to do it on your terms. the leadership style we ll come back to later in the program. first week, day one, the president is up and tweeting again already this morning, criticizing republican senators ....
Priorityies, i think trump woul be perfectly happy with that. i just don t know that that s something that john kelly will be able to do either. that s a great question. he s a retired general of the united states marines, american hero. retired eight months before he was tapped to serve by trump. he was born and raised in boston, member of the red sox nation. points for that. served in iraq and afghanistan. used to work with leon panetta. he doesn t have a lot of political experience. top eight, nine, ten people in the white house, there s nobody with washington white house experience. can he impose the discipline and, to sarah s point, get things done for the president? i think john anklecy certainly capable of being an effective chief of staff. the bottom line is whether trump will empower him. what john kelly has working is respect for the president. ....
Which group made me president? how about i am president, how can i get things done? joe dunfred, very close with john kelly. in fact, he informed john kelly his son had died in afghanistan. that s a relationship two men very close. could be a change in that area. rallying cry collapses with a thumb s down from senator john mccain. now what? a costume party. bill assumed his mayo was the best choice. assume nothing. just like the leading brand, kraft real mayo is made with high quality ingredients at a price you can feel good about no wonder kraft is so good. it s ok that everybody ignoit s fine.n i drive. because i get a safe driving bonus check every six months i m accident free. because i don t use my cellphone when i m driving. even though my family does, and leaves me all alone. here s something else. i don t share it with mom. i don t. right, mom? ....
You re going to have to deal with. serious people on the national security council who are thinking through new ways to deal with this issue. it is something that general kelly will have to deal with. simply because whether or not the administration decides to push this, that or the other on capitol hill, other domestic issues, national security and foreign polishes end up dictating events kind of dictate what a white house will have to deal with. the military people don t like the president tweeting because it raises expectation that you re going to do something. you re not going to stop the president tweeting. i think john kelly knows that and other military personnel serving around the president have realized that. yes, that s annoying, but that s the president they ve got. they have to work around it. president trump has spent a lot of time working on this and thinking about it behind the scenes. that s the counter point. it s not just that he fire this is stuff out on twitte ....
Respect. that s the top general in the united states saying i was just blind sided by the president. everybody stand put until we figure this out. absolutely. fundamentally, kelly can manage him, advise him. these various groups helped him become the president. the wing led by steve bannon, the conservative wing and the wall street wing. whether they re the reason he s president or he is the reason he s president and right now he instinct east ofly seems to be leaning to the idea he s the reason he s president. there may be more to come. the question is, for general kelly, can he use not just his experience but ties to essentially other generals, to mattis, mcmaster, to tillerson, to help constrain the president and retool his thinking? will the default always be ....