President Trump has reportedly given staffers direct assignments by calling them secretly to the residence in the evenings, in an attempt to circumvent chief of staff John Kelly.
Trump reportedly gives aides tasks and says they should not share them with Kelly, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, citing several people familiar with the matter.
Aides have in the past decided not to abide by the president’s requests in order to not “run afoul” of Kelly, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal also reported that sometimes, friends of Trump will get a message to the president through first lady Melania Trump.
“If I don’t want to wait 24 hours for a call from the president, getting to Melania is much easier,” one person said.
A spokeswoman for the first lady pushed back, saying this is “more fake news.”
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Trump has given White House aides assignments and told them not to tell Kelly: report https://t.co/XfiAJoLtlF pic.twitter.com/Jo9ZVEZEDV
— The Hill (@thehill) December 3, 2017
Not a very well sourced report, so I don’t know if it’s true. But it wouldn’t surprise me if it was true. Trump needs a guy in charge like Kelly, but he can’t stop trying to sabotage him at every turn.
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