Kelly: Trump doesn't ask 'how other presidents did this'
Source: The Hill
BY BRETT SAMUELS - 12/31/17 10:24 AM EST
Chief of Staff John Kelly on Sunday said President Trump remains fairly unconventional after a year in office, noting he rarely asks how other presidents have made decisions in the past.
The norms and conventions are exactly what he ran against and, in his view, are why were in the fix were in. He doesnt intentionally make decisions that are opposite, say, of what a previous president would make. Hes got a view of whats better for America, Kelly told The New York Times.
Trump has made a number of decisions to reverse regulations, legislation and deals put into place by former President Obama, which many experts see as an intentional strategy to undermine the previous administration.
Trump has frequently compared himself to past presidential administrations when touting his achievements, often saying he has done more "than any other president."
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/366915-kelly-trump-doesnt-ask-how-other-presidents-did-this
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,031 posts)WhiteTara
(29,721 posts)rainin
(3,011 posts)If he is saying that Trump improved the presidency, he is just a sycophant. No one who is both informed (which he is close enough to be) and honest (which he clearly isn't) can say Trump has improved the presidency.
Unless, by "improved", he means, got the black guy out and brought in the nude model who knows her place.
Please Michelle O., run for President!
old guy
(3,283 posts)Anyone, ANYONE, who accepts a position in this administration has to be a complete loser or they would never be chosen.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)If we do not learn something from it, we repeat it?
Reinventing the Presidency to resemble an authoritative regime is not what the Founding Fathers had in mind at all. Because if this country falls the way Rome fell because of its territorial and internal arrogance, the Republicans in both Houses of Congress and the Supreme Court will be complicit in that fall.
Watch this space.
Justice
(7,188 posts)hermetic
(8,310 posts)Yeah, and Jeffrey Dahmer was an unconventional chef.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,032 posts)rickford66
(5,528 posts)Guaranteed, he won't tackle Trump if he wants to press the button.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,018 posts)Paladin
(28,269 posts)trump finds out what Obama did in a given situation, then he does the opposite. All he's doing is burnishing Obama's legacy.
Loserman1962
(17 posts)That is 100% correct
PatSeg
(47,560 posts)What "fix" is that? The main problem I see right now is Trump, not previous administrations or "norms and conventions". It appears that Trump's derangement is contagious.
Butterflylady
(3,546 posts)Trump RESIGNs. That is all, thank you!
Nasruddin
(754 posts)Let's see ... he says he has done more than any other president, but he's incurious about what
any other president may have done. I'd say we have just diagrammed a lie - he has no
clue what other presidents have done. Perhaps Mr Trump thinks they just played golf - like him.
Most likely this Kelly talk says more about Kelly and is irrelevant to Mr Trump's "decision" process.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)And Kelly is pretending that's a good thing.
Sometimes the blankness of these people is frightening.
BumRushDaShow
(129,330 posts)That's complete BULLSHIT Kelly. He HAS. Everything that he can find that Obama did, he is doing the exact opposite, and doing so in a systematic way.
It seems Kelly's comment was because he knows it is true and it has been pointed out to him, but he is attempting to cloak that fact in a lie by denial.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)Just do the opposite and things will work out better.
BumRushDaShow
(129,330 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)MustLoveBeagles
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|0rganism
(23,962 posts)Putin didn't install the little orange demon to steer the ship of state on a safe voyage, he's there to ram us into the rocks at full speed. getting Trump elected was a major triumph of epic proportions for Putin, he's not going to waste this opportunity to ruin our country as hard & fast as possible.
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)An authoritarian nationalistic broken U.S. just puts Russia in more danger.
After Russia "wins":
Putin, you just removed the checks and balances governing the most powerful military the world has ever seen! Now a bunch of religious nuts and ultra nationalists are in charge! Congrats?
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)Disturbing how many see this as a virtue. I know it's a minority, but still tens of millions of Americans.
truthisfreedom
(23,152 posts)This is what happens when you borrow your way toward fake growth.
JI7
(89,260 posts)TeamPooka
(24,242 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,157 posts)"Any idiot can do this job . . . . and I'm not just any idiot!"
Ohiogal
(32,037 posts)It's easy to tear down and destroy.
It takes work, research, an intellect,, and a vision to build things up. Trump possesses none of these skills.
Skittles
(153,174 posts)fuck them both
yuiyoshida
(41,835 posts)on the throne in the Presidents Bathroom.
pressbox69
(2,252 posts)He's far more likely to ask "Who's on first?"