07-28-2017, 08:18 PM
The appointment of Kelly is the result of Trump not understanding the complete role of the CoS. Kelly will be good at bringing discipline to the staff and for national security/military matters. But the CoS has a major role of overseeing the interaction between the Oval and the Hill. In an effort to bring order to the staff he has he has over corrected. Kelly has friends on the Hill, and anyone that thinks a four-star general doesn't know how to play the political game is fooling themselves, but he doesn't have the political clout and background enough to really be a help to the legislative activities. They were already having trouble in this area, and this is only going to make that worse. This will make the administration even more ineffective.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
