Inside Crazytown, from Axios

artappraiser — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 16:54:46 +0000

In reply to Pentagon chief of staff Kevin Sweeney resigns

Inside Crazytown, from Axios 3 hrs. ago:

With the departure of White House chief of staff John Kelly, the misinformation emanating from President Trump has only escalated.

What's happening: Alumni of this White House see a possible reason. Although Kelly was thwarted in many of his efforts to control the president, one place he made authentic inroads was clamping down on the paper flow to the Oval Office. "Anyone who circumvented that process was going to have a serious problem," said a former official who saw the transformation up close.

"It has devolved into anarchy," added another alumnus of Trump's White House.

"Someone mentioned to me a few days ago it's like the old [pre-Kelly] days of the administration, just with less people," this former official continued.

"The wild, wild west. ... At least during the early days, he had a bit of a buffer with Hope [Hicks] and [longtime bodyguard] Keith [Schiller] there."

Wednesday was Kelly's last formal day in the White House, but his influence had declined since he announced his departure on Dec. 8.

Since then [....]

Now you know why the Pentagon

artappraiser — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 16:46:26 +0000

In reply to Pentagon chief of staff Kevin Sweeney resigns

Now you know why the Pentagon's Chief of Staff resigned (or *one* reason, at least): https://t.co/pknFeueOnw
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) January 6, 2019

Politico, today:

Trump: I’m nearing decision on emergency declaration to build wall

“I may decide a national emergency depending on what happens over the next few days,” he said.

and

Trump could use emergency powers to build wall, Dem congressman says

The new Democratic chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Sunday that President Donald Trump is empowered to declare a national emergency as a mechanism for constructing a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, but warned that such a maneuver would likely be met with a legal challenge.

“Unfortunately, the short answer is yes,” Rep. Adam Smith of Washington told host George Stephanopoulos during an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” noting that national emergency declarations have been used previously to build facilities in Afghanistan and Iraq [....]

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Inside Crazytown, from Axios

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