Lawrence: Reince Priebus Exit Ends President Donald Trump's Worst Week Yet | The Last Word

>> AT THE END OF THE WORST WEEK FOR THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY, DONALD
TRUMP HAS A NEW WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF, WHICH IS THE
ABSOLUTE PROOF THAT EVEN HE KNOWS THAT IT WAS THE WORST WEEK
FOR THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY. FIRING A WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF
STAFF AND BRINGING IN A NEW ONE IS ALWAYS THE ACT OF A
PRESIDENCY DESPERATELY OUT OF CONTROL.
REINCE PRIEBUS WAS FIRED FASTER THAN ANY PREVIOUSLY FIRED WHITE
HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF IN HISTORY. HE LASTED 189 DAYS.
REINCE PRIEBUS' LAST WEEK ON THE JOB BEGAN WITH HIS FAILURE TO
PREVENT THE PRESIDENT FROM ATTACKING HIS OWN ATTORNEY
GENERAL. WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF IS
SUPPOSED TO CONTROL THAT. THE WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF,
REINCE PRIEBUS, ALSO FAILED TO ORGANIZE A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT TRANSGENDER PEOPLE WOULD BE BANNED FROM
SERVICE IN THE MILITARY. THE REASON REINCE PRIEBUS FAILED
TO ORGANIZE THAT ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCEMENT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS
NOTNOT AN ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCEMENT.
IT WAS SIMPLY A TWEET BY AN OUT OF CONTROL PRESIDENT THAT THE
WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF IS SUPPOSED TO CONTROL.
WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF REINCE PRIEBUS FAILED TO CONTROL
THE TEXT OF A SPEECH THAT THE PRESIDENT DELIVERED TO THE BOY
SCOUTS OF AMERICA. IT IS THE ONLY PRESIDENTIAL
SPEECH IN HISTORY THAT THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA HAD TO
OFFICIALLY APOLOGIZE FOR. THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA HAD TO
APOLOGIZE FOR SUBJECTING THE BOY SCOUTS TO A SPEECH BY THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THE PRESIDENT, WHO THE WHITE
HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF IS SUPPOSED TO CONTROL.
THE WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF FAILED TO CONTROL ANTHONY
SCARAMUCCI, WHO HAS BEEN OFFERED THE JOB OF DIRECTOR OF
COMMUNICATIONS IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND WAGED A PUBLIC PROFANE
WAR WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER STEVE BANNON AND WHITE HOUSE
CHIEF OF STAFF REINCE PRIEBUS, PROMISING PUBLICLY THAT REINCE
PRIEBUS WOULD SOON BE FIRED. EVERY SINGLE THING THAT HAPPENED
TO THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE THIS WEEK WAS NEGATIVE, AND EVERY ONE
OF THOSE THINGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONTROLLABLE BY THE WHITE HOUSE
CHIEF OF STAFF. THEN, THEN CAME THE HUMILIATING
DEFEAT OF THE TRUMP/McCONNELL REPEAL OF OBAMACARE IN THE
SENATE LAST NIGHT, SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT HAD SAID HE COULD DO
IN A DAY. SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT SAID
WOULD BE EASY. IT WAS THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST
MAJOR PIECE OF LEGISLATION, AND NO ONE CAN REMEMBER THE LAST
TIME A PRESIDENT'S FIRST MAJOR PIECE OF LEGISLATION WAS
DEFEATED BY THE CONGRESS. AND SO AT THE END OF A WEEK OF
HUMILIATION AND CHAOS IN THE WHITE HOUSE, THE PRESIDENT HAD
HAD ENOUGH AND DECIDED THE SOLUTION WAS TO BRING IN FORMER
GENERAL JOHN KELLY, NOW THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
BUT WHAT EVERYONE IN WASHINGTON KNOWS IS THAT IF GENERAL KELLY
HAD BEEN THE WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF EVERY DAY THIS WEEK,
ALL THOSE SAME THINGS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED, AND IT WOULD STILL BE
THE WORST WEEK IN THE HISTORY OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY.
AND THE BEST, MOST DECISIVE VICTORY FOR THE RESISTANCE
AGAINST THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY, THE RESISTANCE CRUSHED THE TRUMP
PRESIDENCY ON THE SENATE FLOOR. THE CONGRESS NOW KNOWS THAT THEY
ARE NOT WORKING WITH A FUNCTIONAL PRESIDENCY.
DONALD TRUMP WAS IRRELEVANT TO WHAT HAPPENED ON THE SENATE
FLOOR. HE HAD NO CAPACITY TO INFLUENCE
THE OUTCOME. HE TRIED TO GET REPUBLICAN
SENATOR LISA MURKOWSKI TO VOTE HIS WAY, BUT EVERYONE KNOWS LISA
MURKOWSKI NOW IS MUCH, MUCH TOUGHER THAN DONALD TRUMP.
IN A "WALL STREET JOURNAL" OP-ED PIECE TODAY, PEGGY NOONAN SAID,
TRUMP IS, QUOTE, WEAK AND SNIVELING.
SHE WROTE HALF THE PRESIDENT'S TWEETS SHOW UTTER WEAKNESS.
THEY ARE SHRILL LITTLE CRIES USUALLY JUST AFTER DAWN.
JOSHUA ZIETS THIS WEEK DESCRIBED THE WHITE HOUSE THIS WAY.
IT'S A TEAM OF RIVALS BUT FOR MORONS.
GENERAL KELLY HAS NEVER TRIED TO MANAGE A TEAM OF MORONS BEFORE.
IN "THE WASHINGTON POST" TODAY, EUGENE ROBINSON CAPTURED THE
ESSENCE OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY, THAT GENERAL KELLY WILL NOW BE
ASKED TO MANAGEMENT GENE WROTE, THE COURT OF MAD KING DONALD IS
NOT A PRESIDENCY. IT IS AN AFFLICTION, ONE THAT
SAPS THE LIFE OUT OF OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, AND IT
MUST BE FIERCELY RESISTED IF THE NATION AS WE KNOW IT IS TO
SURVIVE. JOINING US NOW, PETER WEYNER, HE
WORKED IN THE LAST THREE REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATIONS AND
WAS A SENIOR AIDE TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH.
ALSO WITH US, EUGENE ROBINSON, OPINION WRITER FOR "THE
WASHINGTON POST" AND AN MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST.
JOINING US, CHRIS WHIPPLE, THE AUTHOR OF THE GATEKEEPERS, HOW
THE WHITE HOUSE CHIEFS OF STAFF DEFINE EVERY PRESIDENCY.
EUGENE, THE PRESIDENCY YOU DESCRIBED TODAY SO FULLY AND
ELOQUENTLY IN "THE WASHINGTON POST" SEEMS TO BE ONE THAT NO
WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF CAN CONTROL.
>> WELL, NOT WITHOUT THE AUTHORITY TO CONTROL IT.
THAT'S WHAT REINCE PRIEBUS ALWAYS LACKED.
HE WAS NEVER GIVEN ANYWHERE NEAR THE AUTHORITY THAT A CHIEF OF
STAFF USUALLY HAS. NOW, THERE WAS NO ORGANIZATION
CHART. EVERYBODY JUST SORT OF REPORTED
DIRECTLY TO THE PRESIDENT. HE COULDN'T BE A GATEKEEPER.
HE COULDN'T MANAGE ANYTHING. YOU KNOW, SO WHETHER OR NOT HE
WAS TALENTED AT MANAGING OR KNEW POLITICS OR WHATEVER REALLY
DIDN'T MATTER. AND SO THE QUESTION GOING
FORWARD IS WHETHER GENERAL KELLY GETS ANY MORE AUTHORITY, ACTUAL,
REAL AUTHORITY, NOT TO REORGANIZE THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT
TO ORGANIZE IT SINCE IT'S NEVER BEEN ORGANIZED AND TO CONTROL
THE FLOW OF INFORMATION AND CONTROL THE PEOPLE INTO THE OVAL
OFFICE AND ACT LIKE A CHIEF OF STAFF.
YOU KNOW, MY BETS ARE THAT HE PROBABLY WON'T GET IT, BUT WE'LL
SEE. >> PETER, AM I BEING PREMATURE
IN BETTING EVERYTHING I HAVE THAT HE WON'T GET THAT AUTHORITY
IN THE WHITE HOUSE? >> NO, I'D LAY THAT BET AS WELL.
LOOK, WE'VE SEEN DONALD TRUMP ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT HE'S
FUNDAMENTALLY UNCONTROLLABLE AND UNCONTAINABLE, AND IT DOESN'T
MATTER IF JAMES BAKER WAS CHIEF OF STAFF.
THE PERSONNEL AT THE WHITE HOUSE IS MEDIOCRE.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. BUT THE PROBLEM AT ITS CORE IS
DONALD TRUMP, AND IT IS AT ITS CORE THAT HE IS A PERSON WHO
THRIVES ON CHAOS AND MANAGES WITH CHAOS.
BUT IT'S REALLY DEEPER THAN THAT, LAWRENCE.
IT IS A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL AFFLICTION.
HE HAS A DISORIENTED AND DISORDERED MIND, AND THERE IS NO
CONTROLLING OR CONTAINING THAT. WHAT I'D ALSO EMPHASIZE, WE'RE
185 DAYS IN TO THIS WHITE HOUSE, AND THIS CHAOS IS UNLIKE
ANYTHING WE'VE EVER SEEN, AND THEY HAVEN'T FACED A GENUINE
CRISIS YET. CAN YOU IMAGINE IF YOU HAD
A 9/11-TYPE SITUATION OR A FINANCIAL MELTDOWN OR A WAR, A
MILITARY COLLISION HAPPEN WITH THIS CREW AND WITH THIS
COMMANDER IN CHIEF? THAT'S THE REALLY FRIGHTENING
PROSPECT. THIS IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
IT'S HIS WORST WEEK, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE WORST WEEK
OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY. THERE'S NO BOTTOM WITH THESE
GUYS. >> CHRIS WHIPPLE, YOU HAVE
WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT WHITE HOUSE CHIEFS OF STAFF.
THE JOB HAS GROWN OVER TIME. IT USED TO BE CALLED APPOINTMENT
SECRETARY. IT WAS RICHARD NIXON, CORRECT ME
IF I'M WRONG, WHO DECIDED TO MILITARIZE THE TITLE TO CHIEF OF
STAFF AND THEREBY CREATE THIS IMAGE AROUND THE JOB ITSELF.
AND YET THE JOB HAS BECOME THE IMAGE IN SO MANY WAYS WITH SO
MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD IT. THIS WHITE HOUSE, IT SEEMS TO
ME, IS GOING TO REQUIRE A NEW CHAPTER IN YOUR BOOK BECAUSE
YOUR BOOK IS HOW THE CHIEFS OF STAFF DEFINE EVERY PRESIDENCY.
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ANY CHIEF OF STAFF TO DEFINE THIS PRESIDENCY
IN THE WAY YOU'VE SAID OTHERS HAVE?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, AS YOU POINTED OUT, IT REALLY BEGAN
WITH NIXON AND HALDEMAN. EVERY PRESIDENT FINDS OUT
SOMETIMES THE HARD WAY THAT YOU CANNOT GOVERN WITHOUT EMPOWERING
A WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF AS FIRST AMONG EQUALS TO EXECUTE
YOUR AGENDA. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO TELL
YOU THINGS YOU DO NOT WANT TO HEAR.
NOW, THAT'S THE BIG CHALLENGE OBVIOUSLY WITH DONALD TRUMP.
YOU KNOW, WITH KELLY, I THINK TRUMP HAS A SHOT AT A RESET
HERE. BUT IT MAY BE A LONG SHOT.
GENERALS HAVE NOT DONE WELL. AL HAGUE LASTED A LITTLE BIT
MORE THAN A MONTH WITH GERRY FORD AFTER NIXON RESIGRESIGNED.
YOU CAN'T JUST ORDER PEOPLE AROUND OR STRAP THEM UP TO LIE
DETECTOR TESTS TO TRY TO FERRET OUT LEAKERS.
IT'S A SKILL SET THAT REQUIRES DIPLOMACY, AND THERE AREN'T A
LOT OF JIM BAKERS OR LEON PANETTAS AROUND.
>> GENE ROBINSON, ONE REASON WHY A GENERAL WOULD STRUGGLE IN THIS
JOB IS, NUMBER ONE, THEY ARE ACCUSTOMED TO HAVING PEOPLE HAVE
TO OBEY THEM. WHEN THEY SPEAK, WHAT THEY'RE
GIVING ARE ORDERS THAT MUST BE OBEYED IN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.
SO THAT'S THEIR BEHAVIORAL HISTORY GOING INTO IT.
THE OTHER IS THAT THE GENERALS USUALLY KNOW WHAT YOU COULD
REALLY CLASSIFY WITHIN WHITE HOUSE TERMS AS NOTHING ABOUT
POLITICS. GENERAL KELLY KNOWS ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING ABOUT THE CONTENTS OR THE POLITICS OF HEALTH CARE
LEGISLATION, ABOUT THE TAX LEGISLATION THAT'S GOING TO BE
COMING UP, ABOUT THE BUDGET LEGISLATION.
HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT IT. AND MANAGING THE POLITICS WITHIN
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN A WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF'S PRIMARY
FUNCTION. >> YEAH.
WELL, YOU'RE NOT GETTING THAT WITH KELLY.
YOU KNOW, LOOK, MOST OF THE GENERALS OF THAT RANK THAT I'VE
MET ARE SOPHISTICATED PEOPLE, AND THEY'RE NOT STRANGERS AT
LEAST TO THE HILL IN TERMS OF NATIONAL SECURITY MATTERS AT
LEAST. SO HE'S GOT THAT.
OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF GENERALS IN THIS
ADMINISTRATION WHO ARE EXPERTS ON NATIONAL SECURITY.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE'S NOBODY WHO CAN CONTROL THE
ADMINISTRATION'S APPROACH TOWARD DOMESTIC POLICY.
AND CERTAINLY GENERAL KELLY WOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO STEP
INTO THAT ROLE, AT LEAST NOT EASILY.
I MEAN IT WOULD BE A STEEP LEARNING CURVE.
BUT DO WE EVEN GET THERE? I MEAN IS HE EVEN EMPOWERED TO
DO ANYTHING OR TO TRY TO DO ANYTHING WITHOUT THE PRESIDENT
UNDERCUTTING HIM WITH AN EARLY-MORNING TWEET?
AND THAT'S WHAT I JUST CAN'T SEE PAST.
>> IN THE WHITE HOUSE THAT IS BEING DRIVEN MAD, APPARENTLY, BY
LEAKS, IT HAS FLAWLESSLY LEAKED TONIGHT TO "THE WASHINGTON POST"
THIS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS JOB OFFER.
TRUMP FIRST TRIED TO OFFER THE CHIEF OF STAFF JOB TO KELLY IN
MID-MAY. KELLY TOLD THE PRESIDENT THAT HE
WAS FLATTERED BUT DECLINED, SAYING HE STILL HAD MORE TO
ACCOMPLISH BEEFING UP NATIONAL SECURITY AND IMPROVING
IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. THE PRESIDENT HAS TRIED TO
CONVINCE THE GENERAL MULTIPLE TIMES, AND THE GENERAL HAS
POLITELY DECLINED SEVERAL TIMES. SAID ONE ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL
WHO REQUESTED ANONYMITY BECAUSE HE WAS LEAKING.
SO THERE IT BEGINS. HE'S BEEN ASKING FOR MONTHS, AND
FOR SOME STRANGE REASON, GENERAL KELLY GOT THE ANSWER RIGHT
REPEATEDLY AND THIS WEEK GOT THE ANSWER WRONG.
>> YEAH. I THINK GENERAL KELLY IS GOING
TO LOOK BACK AND WISH HE HAD SAID NO AGAIN.
I FEEL FOR HIM. HE'S AN HONORABLE MAN.
HE'S OBVIOUSLY A COURAGEOUS MAN, AND I THINK HE'S A COMPETENT
MAN. BUT, AGAIN, HE'S IN A SITUATION
THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
HAVE SEEN ABOUT DONALD TRUMP IS THAT HE ENDS UP HUMILIATING AND
DIMINISHING EVERYBODY AROUND HIM.
IT DOESN'T MATTER. ANYBODY WITHIN HIS ORBIT LEAVES
THAT ORBIT A REDUCED HUMAN BEING.
AND I'M AFRAID IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO GENERAL KELLY TOO.
AND BY THE WAY, I DO THINK THAT REPUBLICANS -- THERE IS A KIND
OF RESIGNATION NOW WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THEY'VE BEEN IN THIS DELUSIONAL WORLD THINKING THAT AT SOME
POINT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP DONALD TRUMP ON TRACK.
AND I THINK THAT THEY'VE FINALLY FIGURED OUT MUCH AFTER THEY
SHOULD HAVE THAT THAT IS AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK.
AND GENERAL KELLY, NO MATTER HOW IMPRESSIVE HE IS, ISN'T GOING TO
BE ABLE TO DO WHAT'S IMPOSSIBLE. >> CHRIS WHIPPLE, IN YOUR STUDY
OF THE HISTORY OF THIS JOB, IT HAS ONLY GROWN INCREASINGLY
COMPLEX OVER TIME BECAUSE GOVERNING HAS GROWN INCREASINGLY
COMPLEX, AND THE RANGE OF SUBJECTS THAT THE WHITE HOUSE
CHIEF OF STAFF HAS TO BE FLUENT IN HAVE JUST EXPLODED
EXPONENTIALLY. THE PERSON WHO PROBABLY HAD THE
WIDEST COMMAND OF ALL OF THAT IN MY EXPERIENCE WAS LEON PANETTA
BECAUSE HE WAS ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, WHICH HAS JURISDICTION OVER, IN ITS WAY,
ALMOST EVERYTHING. HE HAD WORKED IN THE OFFICE OF
MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET OF THE ENTIRE FEDERAL BUDGET.
SO HE HAD TO LOOK INTO EVERY SINGLE THING THE GOVERNMENT WAS
DOING BEFORE HE WALKED INTO THAT WHITE HOUSE.
AND HE WAS HIMSELF A POLITICIAN ELECTED TO OFFICE IN THE
CONGRESS. HE HAD EVERYTHING YOU NEED.
IS THAT KIND OF JUST, AS A BIO, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
AND EVERYTHING OFF OF THAT IS A COMPROMISE?
>> AND EVEN MORE SO, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS
GROUNDED LIKE PANETTA OR BAKER, WHO CAN WALK INTO THE OVAL
OFFICE, CLOSE THE DOOR, AND TELL THE PRESIDENT WHAT HE DOESN'T
WANT TO HEAR. THAT'S CRITICAL.
THE OTHER THING PANETTA HAD WAS HALDEMAN-LIKE AUTHORITY.
HE HAD THE POWER. THIS CANNOT WORK UNLESS THE
CHIEF OF STAFF HAS AUTHORITY AS FIRST AMONG EQUALS.
HE HAS TO BE THE GATEKEEPER. THERE'S NO WAY THAT THE MOOCHER
CAN REPORT DIRECTLY TO DONALD TRUMP, OR THIS WILL BE -- THIS
WILL FAIL. >> LOOK, GENE, I THINK WE HAVE A
TEST FOR GENERAL KELLY ON DAY ONE, AND THAT IS EXACTLY HOW
MANY MINUTES DOES IT TAKE HIM TO YANK THOSE WHITE HOUSE
CREDENTIALS OFF THE NECK OF ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI BECAUSE IF
SCARAMUCCI WORKS IN THAT WHITE HOUSE, BY DEFINITION GENERAL
KELLY HAS FAILED TO CONTROL THAT WHITE HOUSE.
>> I ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE.
CERTAINLY HE CAN'T REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE PRESIDENT.
IF SCARAMUCCI IS AROUND, HE'S GOING TO PUSH IT.
HE'S GOING TO TAKE LIBERTIES. EVEN IF ON AN ORGANIZATION CHART
HE'S BELOW GENERAL KELLY, HE'S GOING TO TRY TO GET AROUND HIM.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SLAPPED DOWN.
AND TRUMP IS GOING TO HAVE BACK KELLY UP IN THOSE INSTANCES.
WHO KNOWS IF HE WILL. I KIND OF THINK HE PROBABLY
WON'T. BUT THERE'S AN EVEN BIGGER
PROBLEM NAMED JARED KUSHNER, WHO IS ALSOLSO IN THE WHITE HOUSE,
IS THE PRESIDENT'S SON-IN-LAW, WHO HAS THIS IMPOSSIBLY BROAD
PORTFOLIO OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES.
AND, OH, YES, AND PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND EVERYTHING ELSE
THAT HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. SO WILL HE NOW REPORT THROUGH
GENERAL KELLY TO PRESIDENT TRUMP?
HE SHOULD. I DOUBT HE WILL.
>> PETER WEHYER, IS THERE ANOTHER CHIEF OF STAFF IN
HISTORY WHO WOULD HAVE TOLERATED AN ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI IN THE
WHITE HOUSE FOR A DAY? >> BOY, I THOUGHT THAT AS WELL.
I WORKED IN THE WHITE HOUSE FOR SEVEN YEARS, THREE
ADMINISTRATIONS. IF ANYBODY HAD DONE WITH
SCARAMUCCI HAD DONE, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED WITHIN AN HOUR.

HE WAS VINDICATED. PRIEBUS IS OUT.
SCARAMUCCI IS THERE. THAT KIND OF STYLE, THAT KIND OF
APPROACH HAS BEEN VALIDATED, AND IT'S BEEN VALIDATED BY DONALD
TRUMP, WHICH GETS US BACK TO THE ORIGINAL POINT.
THIS IS WHAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY THE CORE PROBLEM WITH THE TRUMP
WHITE HOUSE IS DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF.
AND, BOY, IF SCARAMUCCI HAD DONE THIS IN ANY OTHER WHITE HOUSE,
HE WOULD BEEN OUT ON THE CURB IN NO TIME.
>> CAN I ADD ONE OTHER NON-NEGOTIABLE DEMAND THAT KELLY
SHOULD MAKE, AND THAT IS HE CAN SAY, MR. PRESIDENT, YOU MAY
TWEET ALL YOU LIKE, BUT I'M GOING TO CHECK THEM OUT IN
ADVANCE. >> YES.
>> HE SHOULD HAVE CONTROL -- >> TWEET APPROVAL.
>> TWEET APPROVAL SHOULD BE A NON-NEGOTIABLE.
>> EVERY WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF HAS HAD A FINAL SAY IN ANY
WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATION THAT'S GOING OUT HISTORICALLY.
IT'S NOT UNUSUAL. CHRIS WHIPPLE, WHO HAS TO ADD A
CHAPTER TO HIS BOOK, "THE GATEKEEPERS, HOW THE WHITE HOUSE
CHIEFS OF STAFF DEFINE EVERY

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