New White House Chief of Staff John Kelly's decision to fire White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci after only 10 days on the job has won wide praise. John Podhoretz proclaimed, "This is the day John Kelly became President."
Except that Kelly isn't President of the United States. Donald Trump is and he'll tell you. No, Kelly isn't going to accuse anyone of doing a Ron Jeremy impersonation let alone a felony. But sooner or later, Kelly is going to fall afoul in Trump's eyes. If Trump can publicly berate Jeff Sessions why wouldn't he do the same to Kelly?
Trump is a mendacious, mercurial miscreant. If Kelly doesn't do anything wrong, Trump will find something out of whole cloth. Trump will find ways to undermine his authority. After all, Trump blindsided Kelly on the Muslim travel ban. Why wouldn't he undermine him under the White House roof? I give Kelly six months tops in his new position.
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