Longtime Trump adviser says a clash with chief of staff John Kelly was ‘inevitable’

Rumblings about White House infighting are nothing new in the Trump administration. The latest example can be found in President Donald Trump’s working relationship with his still-new chief of staff, John Kelly.

Trump has reportedly bristled at Kelly, a former Marine general, over his attempts to whip the West Wing into shape .

The White House is coming off of a tumultuous summer in which several top staffers have either resigned or were terminated, while the president has continued to find himself embroiled in repeated controversies.

Kelly, according to several media reports, has sought to limit access to Trump, supplement his media diet with more reputable news sources, and regulate his use of social media.

And with the most recent departures of chief strategist Steve Bannon and deputy assistant Sebastian Gorka, the Trump administration has gradually lost its original far-right, nationalist-leaning champions, to the dismay of some of the president’s most devout supporters who worry his populist agenda may suffer.

 

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