He can be grateful they didn't just pitch him off the plane before landing.

The number one thing Generals want from a POTUS is to not offer independent opinions on military matters. That is something Trump can do.

Yes, to the extent that Priebus could avoid getting fired. Priebus out brings us one step closer to firing Mueller.

And as soon as something goes wrong Trump unceremoniously dumps you. You'd have to be stupid or willfully blind not to see that as inevitable, and I'd venture most people who have risen to the rank of general have at least a modicum of intelligence although some may be blinded by ambition.

nah

there's a once-per-year occurrence every 12 hours in the drumpf administration

how are politard news junkies going to cope when this is all over and their thrice daily delivery of newscrack is taken away

lmao howard fineman is saying reince got executed gangland style. he's saying reince walked off air force 1 into a limo with 2 aides, the aides then exited the vehicle and left him alone to read the tweet

real crack

OK. I get the argument. But then to make sense of ScreaminAsian's anxiety, then the comparison isn't Priebus::Kelly. Because if the sole concern is Mueller gets to continue his investigation then either Priebus acquiesces to the firing of Mueller, in which case he's no better than anyone else. So his value in staying is nil. I suppose the ScreaminAsian position was that he stays and convinces Trump to let the investigation continue. So he's gone, so that scenario is out.

So if you're fretting about Kelly vis a vis only the fate of the Mueller investigation, then instead the question is a hypothetical replacement Chief of Staff versus Kelly.

But if Trump is firing Priebus because he was standing in the way of firing Mueller, then almost necessarily any replacement was chosen because the new CoS won't bother Trump about it.

So then it's really a question of if some potential replacement who is necessarily servile to Trump's interest in canning Mueller is effective at defending Trump. To that end I suppose the concerns about being a former military guy is accurate -- Kelly probably can't be more incompetent than Priebus -- but it seems like that winds up as a political battle. You'd be much more anxious about say Newt Gringrich or Duncan Hunter or Tom Cotton or someone with political savvy and a working knowledge of Congress and a good relationship with the GOP caucus imo. But it seems sort of debatable and uninteresting at that point. Trying to gauge the best wartime/impeachment consigliere for Trump is more art than science, and I don't see Kelly as particularly menacing in that regard. Frankly I think Priebus would be much more effective at coordinating with the RNC and the GOP caucus like Ryan to coordinate talking points and resources and whip up votes to save Trump. Not convinced that's really John Kelly's thing.

Simpleton-in-chief

How does AF1 not have wifi?

I'll just go back to trolling fer dong.

Yep, there's a tweet for that.

liberals booking a lot of Ws in the past 24 hrs

i guess trump was right, they won so much already they're just sick of it now

Speaking of liberal Ws, I predict Trump allows the Russia sanctions bill to become law without signing it.

lol

Security risk?

how does the non-vetoable bill thing work. what % does it need and by what mechanism does it become unvetoable

Almost certain that should read "3 Chiefs of staff".

2/3 vote in both chambers can override a veto. They have that with votes to spare, so the sanctions are happening.

They vote again and it needs 2/3+1 in both the House and Senate.

Needs 2/3s of both houses. Mechanism is they vote again.