So,
John Kelly recognizes the problem, but I have my doubts he can solve it:
When new White House chief of staff John Kelly huddled with
senior staff on his first day at work, he outlined a key problem in
President Donald Trump’s White House that he planned to fix: Bad
information getting into the president’s hands.
Kelly told the staff that information needed to flow through
him – whether on paper or in briefings –because the president would
make better decisions if given good information.
I like this summary of Trump's bad sources:
In the West Wing, many of the president’s most controversial
decisions have been attributed to bad information, partially because
the president is easily swayed by the last person he talked to – or the
last thing he read.
For example, he accused President Barack Obama of tapping
his phone line in Trump Tower after seeing comments from a conservative
talk show host and a Breitbart News article. He has often posted some of
his most controversial tweets while watching Fox News and stewing. He
has sometimes seemed to view television accounts of the news as fact
more than information from people armed with classified information. He
has made decisions about legal matters or major policy decisions while
consulting with some aides – only to reverse them after talking to
family members or friends, who he dials late at night.
He has been given information of dubious quality, from
stories by GotNews.com, a blog written by a right-wing provocateur named
Charles Johnson to segments from segments of debunked documentaries. He
has, at times, listened to real estate friends about legislative
strategy while ignoring Speaker Paul Ryan or Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell.
By limiting information, and making it go through proper
channels, Kelly is “ensuring Trump doesn’t make his decisions based on
some bullshit he watched at midnight or on Breitbart,” said Chris
Whipple, who recently wrote a book on the chief-of-staff role.
I reckon all that will happen is that Hannity or someone like him will turn on Kelly, and tell Trump that he is giving Kelly too much control, and he'll be gone.
1 comment:
He has a poor attention span and little time yet the fool watches fake news instead of reading his briefs. He reminds me of Jim Cairns in the way he reacts to the last person he sees.
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