John Kelly Comes Out Against Trump’s Emergency Declaration: ‘Thank God We Have the Courts’

Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly broke his silence on President Donald Trump declaring a national emergency along the U.S.-Mexico border and voiced his opposition to the course of action during his talk at Duke University.

“I think the whole national emergency thing right now is going to be wrapped up in the courts if it even really gets through Congress, which right now it doesn’t look like it will get through Congress,” he said, according to CNN reporter DJ Judd.

Trump’s former COS John Kelly at Duke: “I think the whole national emergency thing right now is going to be wrapped up in the courts, if it even really gets through Congress, which right now it doesn’t look like it will …”

“Thank god we have the courts,” he added. Per @DJJudd.

— Zachary Cohen (@ZcohenCNN) March 6, 2019

The Duke Chronicle reports while Kelly admits being chief of staff “was an incredibly hard job; it was the least enjoyable job I’ve ever had,” it was “the most important thing I’ve ever done in my life.”

He also assured the audience Trump is by no means a “stupid man.”

“Politics aside, it’s all about governing the country,” Kelly said on accepting the job as chief of staff. “Love ‘em or hate ‘em, whoever it happens to be, once they become president it is our best interest as a people to assist him or her as much as we can to become successful.”

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