Kelly Lobbied Republicans To Rebuke Trump After Press Conference: Report

[appalachiablue]

Source: The Hill

White House chief of staff John Kelly reportedly gave GOP lawmakers the green light to rebuke President Trump's controversial remarks from his joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Three sources told Vanity Fair on the condition of anonymity that Kelly was furious after Trump stood with Putin during their summit in Helsinki and sided with his denial that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election.

Trump sparked major backlash among U.S. lawmakers and the intelligence community by siding with Putin's denial instead of the assessment of the U.S. intelligence community that Russia did intervene in an effort to help Trump win.

Trump also blamed special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation for keeping the U.S. and Russia "separate."...More..


Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kelly-lobbied-republicans-to-rebuke-trump-after-putin-press-conference-report/ar-AAAecjK?li=BBnb7Kz

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'Kelly told Trump that his remarks might worsen the situation with Mueller, according to Vanity Fair, which reported that the chief of staff then called Republicans on Capitol Hill and told them they could publicly speak out against Trump's comments.. Former Trump campaign spokesman Jason Miller noted to Vanity Fair that a 24-hour turnaround is abnormal for Trump. "Any of these other kerfuffles, if he had addressed it the next day, we wouldn't have had that many days of things, like 'shithole countries,' " Miller said.
Kelly is reportedly preparing to leave the White House as early as this summer according to the WSJ.

Vanity Fair, 'West Wing Revolts After Trump Embraces Putin,' July 17, 2018.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/07/the-west-wing-revolts-after-trump-embraces-putin



- White House Chief of Staff John Kelly.

[docgee]

1. All part of the tRump reality show, folks.

[Grassy Knoll]

2. Wait Till His Boss Hears About This Happy Shit...

[TomCADem]

3. Oh How Cute. Kelly is Going to Start a Rumor Privately...

...then go on TV and deny to the same reporters he leaked to that ever said those things.

[appalachiablue]

4. Vanity Fair's 'West Wing Revolt..' article excerpt,

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210888698

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/07/the-west-wing-revolts-after-trump-embraces-putin

As he flew home from Helsinki on Air Force One following his disastrous press conference with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump reacted with surprise at the horror and outrage that was being expressed by much of the American political world. By the time he landed, the surprise had turned to anger. “He was enraged there was a lack of people out there defending him,” one Republican close to the White House told me. The mood among West Wing advisers was downright funereal. “This was the nightmare scenario,” another Republican in frequent contact with the administration said.

Trump had weathered epic crises of his own making before, from the Access Hollywood tape to Charlottesville to “shithole countries.” Each time he survived withering criticism by doubling down and counterattacking. But as he woke up Tuesday morning, Trump had to recognize that his embrace of Putin on the world stage was a crisis of a different magnitude, and he personally stepped in to try to manage the fallout.

While National Security Adviser John Bolton, according to a source, thought Trump’s remarks were ill-advised, he believed that walking them back would only add fuel to the outrage pyre and make the president look weak. But Chief of Staff John Kelly was irate. According to a source, he told Trump it would make things worse for him with Robert Mueller. He also exerted pressure to try to get the president to walk back his remarks. According to three sources familiar with the situation, Kelly called around to Republicans on Capitol Hill and gave them the go-ahead to speak out against Trump. (The White House did not respond to a request for comment.) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan held televised press conferences to assert that Russia did meddle in the election.

[C_U_L8R]

6. Concerned about making the President look weak????

They ought to worry more about what makes him complicit, untruthful and guilty.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Rebuke the Repuke. . . . nt

[Sophia4]

7. Think about this:

"Trump also blamed special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation for keeping the U.S. and Russia 'separate.'"

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kelly-lobbied-republicans-to-rebuke-trump-after-putin-press-conference-report/ar-AAAecjK?li=BBnb7Kz

If Trump were not invested in a negative outcome, that is a statement by the Mueller investigation that the Russians did not hack into the Democratic accounts and did not interfere otherwise in the election, he would not be looking to blame that investigation for keeping the US and Russia "separate."

He would be waiting to find out what evidence the investigation turns up and what conclusion it draws.

Trump only blames the Mueller investigation for keeping the US and Russia "separate" because he is afraid of what the Mueller investigation is discovering -- the truth about what the Russians did and maybe some truth about him, Trump.

Trump's preoccupation with the Mueller investigation is a symptom of guilt in my opinion.

He's scared. And he only gets scared for himself, not for other people.

[Chemisse]

8. That's the only way to get Trump's attention.

Kelly knows that just his criticism and comments will not phase The Idiot. I think many of the 'leaks' were attempts to use this same strategy.

[Marcuse]

9. Empty Barrel

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