UPDATE: KELLY REFUTES! – John Kelly has called Trump an ‘idiot’, says he’s saving the WH from ‘catastrophe’

by The Right Scoop

Here we go with more White House gossip. This time it’s being said that Kelly has been insulting Trump as of late and that he feels he’s saving the WH from catastrophe and keeping Trump’s erratic urges suppressed:

NBC NEWS – White House chief of staff John Kelly has eroded morale in the West Wing in recent months with comments to aides that include insulting the president’s intelligence and casting himself as the savior of the country, according to eight current and former White House officials.

The officials said Kelly portrays himself to Trump administration aides as the lone bulwark against catastrophe, curbing the erratic urges of a president who has a questionable grasp on policy issues and the functions of government. He has referred to Trump as “an idiot” multiple times to underscore his point, according to four officials who say they’ve witnessed the comments.

Three White House spokespeople said they don’t believe it’s accurate that Kelly called the president an “idiot,” adding that none of them has ever heard him do that or otherwise use that word.

Officials said Kelly’s public image as a retired four-star general instilling discipline on a chaotic White House and an impulsive president belies what they describe as the undisciplined and indiscreet approach he’s employed as chief of staff. The private manner aides describe may shed new light on why Kelly now finds himself — just nine months into the job — grappling with diminished influence and a drumbeat of questions about how long he’ll remain at the White House.

“He says stuff you can’t believe,” said one senior White House official. “He’ll say it and you think, ‘That is not what you should be saying.'”

Trump, who aides said has soured on his second chief of staff, is aware of some though not all of Kelly’s comments, according to the current and former officials.

The White House spokespeople said they haven’t heard Kelly talk about himself as the one saving the country, and that if anything he may have spoken in jest along those lines.

As we’ve seen many times, this report will likely be refuted Kelly himself later today or tomorrow and called fake news by Trump in a mini tweetstorm.

Whether it’s really true or whether these spokespeople are correct that it’s likely just ‘in jest’ is anyone’s guess at this point.

So take it for whatever it’s worth to ya…

UPDATE:

And just like clockwork…



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