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President Trump\u2019s Chief of Staff, John Kelly, is ready to resign from the White House, CNN reported. Rumors of Kelly\u2019s departure have been circulating since last month\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n
CNN\u2019s Kaitlan Collins reported on Friday that Trump and Kelly had reached a \u201cstalemate in their relationship,\u201d a<\/em>nd had stopped speaking to one another. Kelly reportedly intervened to stop Trump firing Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen last month. Both Nielsen and Kelly were expected to be fired as part of a post-midterms cabinet shakeup by Trump, but have thus far held on to their positions.<\/p>\n According to some anonymous sources quoted in the New York Times, Kelly had described the White House as a \u201cmiserable\u201d<\/em> place to work, and called Trump an \u201cunhinged idiot,\u201d<\/em> according to a salacious tell-all book by journalist Bob Woodward.<\/p>\n Kelly announced during the summer that he had agreed to stay on as Chief of Staff until at least 2020.<\/p>\n If the reports are proven true and Kelly steps down, Vice President Mike Pence\u2019s Chief of Staff Nick Ayers has been tipped as a potential successor. Ayers is reportedly close with Trump\u2019s eldest son Donald Jr., his daughter Ivanka, and son-in-law Jared Kushner.<\/p>\n A retired Marine Corps general, Kelly initially joined the Trump administration in December 2016, taking a cabinet-level position in the Department of Homeland Security. While in the DHS, Kelly expressed support for Trump\u2019s planned US-Mexico border wall, and willingly executed the President\u2019s hardline immigration policies.<\/p>\n Kelly replaced Reince Preibus as Chief of Staff in July 2017, and his arrival was heralded by many in the media as a stabilizing force in Trump\u2019s high-turnover, chaotic White House.<\/p>\n CNN\u2019s report of Kelly\u2019s imminent departure was based on anonymous sources, and no official word has come from the White House yet. Conflicting reports have emerged stating that Kelly simply took the day off work on Friday, and as such hasn\u2019t been spotted around the West Wing.<\/p>\n Knowledgable source tells me COS John Kelly has no intention of resigning in coming days, and that he merely took the day off today – which is why he wasn’t spotted in the West Wing this morning.<\/p>\n \u2014 Vince Coglianese (@TheDCVince) December 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n Like this story? Share it with a friend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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