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riversedge

(70,242 posts)
Fri Sep 29, 2017, 07:46 PM Sep 2017

Baby, your'e getting killed, this is a bad deal, Trump has told Ivanka Trump, in front of other s

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Having the kid and kid in law across creates 'noise'!! ha ha.



Kelly struggling to make sense of Jared’s West Wing role


http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/29/jared-ivanka-trump-white-house-role-john-kelly-243321

Trump has also questioned whether having his family members in the West Wing is creating too much noise.

By ANNIE KARNI and JOSH DAWSEY

09/29/2017 06:51 PM EDT
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The president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, Kelly learned, had been quietly back-channeling with Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). Kushner, Democratic Hill aides confirmed, had discussed with the two senators a potential deal to protect Dreamers from deportation.

Kelly, according to three sources familiar with the exchange, was livid, not at the content of the discussions — he has said he personally supports DACA — but that they were going on without his knowledge. He called senior White House officials and demanded a meeting with Trump to deliver something of an ultimatum: If Kushner was going to freelance on DHS issues, the president would have to choose between his son-in-law and the four-star general serving in his Cabinet.

A White House official disputed this account, noting that Kelly was not upset — he simply wanted to be briefed on what the administration's strategy was.

Kelly cooled off after speaking to then-chief of staff Reince Priebus and to Kushner directly, according to the sources familiar with the conversation. He ultimately never raised the issue directly with the president, or threatened him with any ultimatum.

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Now, as Kelly instills a formal organizational chart on top of Trump’s formerly chaotic West Wing, he is still navigating the X-factor of Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s inchoate roles as family members-turned-staffers.

It’s not just Kelly who is uncertain of how to make the arrangement work. In recent months, according to multiple administration officials, the president has also been casually surveying people close to him about whether having his family members in the government is creating too much noise.

“Baby, you’re getting killed, this is a bad deal,” Trump has told Ivanka Trump, in front of other staffers, after soaking in the criticisms of the role his daughter is playing....................
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Baby, your'e getting killed, this is a bad deal, Trump has told Ivanka Trump, in front of other s (Original Post) riversedge Sep 2017 OP
Kelly is probably against DACA and the Dream act MattP Sep 2017 #1
At what point does lost personal income... yallerdawg Sep 2017 #2
They both look like they overdose on botox JI7 Sep 2017 #3
He calls his daughter "Baby?" Sophiegirl Sep 2017 #4
"Kushner, in recent weeks, has been spending his time working on issues related to NAFTA and Middle TeamPooka Sep 2017 #5
Gosh, Don, it's almost as if there's someone whose job it is to organize the White House muriel_volestrangler Sep 2017 #6
Trump's base hates Jared and Ivanka. Kaleva Sep 2017 #7
We need to somehow make a big deal out of working with Jared HAB911 Sep 2017 #8

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
2. At what point does lost personal income...
Fri Sep 29, 2017, 07:52 PM
Sep 2017

outweigh 'serving at the pleasure of the president?'

Whatever that point is, we need to find it for the entire family, daddy included.

TeamPooka

(24,229 posts)
5. "Kushner, in recent weeks, has been spending his time working on issues related to NAFTA and Middle
Fri Sep 29, 2017, 08:16 PM
Sep 2017

East peace, a White House aide said."

We are sooo screwed.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
6. Gosh, Don, it's almost as if there's someone whose job it is to organize the White House
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 04:32 AM
Sep 2017

after appointing people to proper jobs in it. If only there were a way that the people of the country could choose who to give that important power to. I'm sure they could be trusted not to hand it to a narcissistic bigot with no experience of running a major team for a common good, as oppose to winging it with a bunch of accountants and lawyers whose job it is to keep one step ahead of the law that is following your criminal associates from the city, country, and around the world.

Kaleva

(36,307 posts)
7. Trump's base hates Jared and Ivanka.
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 04:39 AM
Sep 2017

Thinking of them as stealth liberals who have too much influence on Trump himself.

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