2. The fantasy John Kelly promoted by GOP, centrists & even some liberals was an apolitical technocrat who ran a tight ship. The reality is very different.
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3. The real John Kelly is an anti-immigration hardliner, with a much stronger desire for empowering enforcement than Trump has. Also not someone used to negotiating.
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4. Trump's feckless, lack of policy engagement, & sheer laziness has made Kelly a shadow president. And he's bad at the job. Hence: the shutdown.
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5. More on the problem of the Kelly regency:https://newrepublic.com/article/146694/will-real-president-please-stand-up …
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John Kelly was always an immigration extremist. That the media chose to talk about him as a "grown-up in the room" is no one else's fault. I'm not laughing, nor should anyone.
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That statement always pissed me off. We are all grown ups dammit. Only white men are assumed to know shit tho
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more Republicans voted to shut it down than Dems.
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Not just the White House. Bloomberg reported he was exerting control over Trump's Twitter feed.
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