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Is John Kelly finally on his way out? Now that President Trump has accepted the resignation of his embattled E.P.A. chief, Scott Pruitt, the fate of his embattled chief of staff is the key drama of this drama-plagued Administration. Last July, when Kelly was appointed to the job, the retired Marine general was portrayed as…
A U.S. Border Patrol spotlight shines on a mother and son from Honduras near the U.S.-Mexico border in McAllen, Tex. (John Moore/Getty Images) The trick is forgetting they are children. If you remember that they are children, you will not be able to go on with any of this. If you remember when you were a…
Photo: AP For days, the press has watched with bated breath while trying to figure out whether or not Donald Trump will fire his embattled Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt. The latest report from The Wall Street Journal on Friday revealed that last week, John Kelly—Trump’s chief of staff—told the president that Pruitt needs…
Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Image Donald Trump’s long-promised “big beautiful wall” is set to do more than just separate the United States from Mexico. It now seems to be coming between Trump and his fellow anti-immigrant racist, Chief of Staff John Kelly. On Wednesday evening, Kelly told Fox News’ Bret Baier that the president has “changed his attitude…
The Mooch may be gone, but he is not forgotten. Misty water-colored memories… From AP/REX/Shutterstock. On Friday, July 21, 2017, the Trump administration named Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci as the next White House communications director. On Monday, July 31, 2017, Scaramucci, a.k.a. “the Mooch,” was canned by newly sworn-in Chief of Staff John Kelly….