Larry Kudlow Rebuffs ‘Gossip’ Says Trump and Kelly Got Along Fine: ‘I Don’t Think He Was Fired’
On Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked top Trump economic advisor Larry Kudlow about the news that broke this weekend that Gen. John Kelly will be leaving his post as Chief of Staff at the end of this month.
“In July, the president said John Kelly would remain on the drive through 2020,” began Wallace. “Now he says that Kelly is out as one of the top few White House staffers. What happened?”
First Kudlow gave the pat answer.
“It’s been a long two years for the chief, General Kelly. He ran homeland security, and has been running the White House staff. I think, by the way, he’s been a very good chief, very orderly processes in the White House. As you know, not an easy thing to do,” said Kudlow. “General Kelly is a remarkable patriot. He has given such phenomenal service to this country, perhaps it is time for a rest. President Trump at our senior staff Christmas dinner Friday night had some wonderful, complimentary things to say about the Chief. I heartily concur. So I suppose it’s time to move.”
“Well, let me ask you to more quick questions,” said Wallace. “One, did Kelly resign, or was he forced out?”
“I don’t know, to be perfectly honest. I think it was very amicable, alright. That’s what I understand. Again, the president saying good things about the chief. I’ve been in so many meetings. Just so many meetings in my tenure, a little less than a year now, I think a lot of the gossip is just wrong. I think they did get along,” he said referring to extensive media coverage of the rifts between Kelly and Trump. “Everybody is going to have disagreements, that’s the way life works. But was he fired? I don’t think he was fired.”
I wasn’t privy to that final conversation,” he said. “But the president had great things to say about him.”
Watch the clip above, courtesy of Fox News Channel.
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