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Trump slams 'dishonest media' for reports of rift with Chief of Staff John Kelly

“The fake news is at it again.”

US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump has rubbished reports of a rift with his Chief of Staff John Kelly, describing them as “fake news.”

“The Fake News is at it again, this time trying to hurt one of the finest people I know, General John Kelly, by saying he will soon be fired,” Trump said on Twitter late last night.

This story is totally made up by the dishonest media. The Chief is doing a FANTASTIC job for me and, more importantly, for the USA!

Its unclear exactly what story Trump is referring to as there have been numerous reports of him struggling with Kelly’s stern operation in the West Wing in recent months.

The latest came yesterday when a Vanity Fair report suggested was a “widening rift” between him and Kelly.

“He doesn’t love this job. He’s doing it as a duty for the country,” a source reportedly close to Kelly told the magazine.

Last month Kelly was famously photographed face-palming when Trump threatened to wipe out North Korea during a UN speech.

Kelly is credited with creating a buffer zone around Trump that contains an impulsive president.

He has worked to control the flow of information that crosses Trump’s desk and imposed a decision-making structure that was absent in the early days of the administration.

With reporting from AFP

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    Mute Jurgen Remak
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    Oct 11th 2017, 8:16 AM

    Tick tock… who is next to resign or be sacked.

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    Mute Ken Burke
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    Oct 11th 2017, 8:20 AM

    Ya that’s right Trumpy. Everyone is lying but you.

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    Oct 11th 2017, 8:39 AM

    Russia story has been quite for a while.

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    Mute Dave O Keeffe
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    Oct 11th 2017, 9:11 AM

    @Paddy Gerrard: it hasn’t really. There was more on it yesterday. Also, it’s an investigation, just because they aren’t telling you the details doesn’t mean they’ve given up. Could be nothing but it’s something until Mueller announces that it’s nothing

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    Oct 11th 2017, 2:02 PM

    @Paddy Gerrard:

    There is no way for you or I to know whether there is anything to the Russia collusion allegations. Time will tell. The wheels of the FBI grind slowly, but they grind very small.
    http://uk.businessinsider.com/trump-russia-facebook-mueller-kaspersky-steele-dossier-2017-10?r=US&IR=T

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    Mute Francis Mc Carthy
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    Oct 11th 2017, 8:51 AM

    Trump invented fake news.

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    Mute Deborah Behan
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    Oct 11th 2017, 10:32 AM

    @Francis Mc Carthy: little known fact,Trump invented the word fake! Sure didn’t he say so himself!

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    Oct 11th 2017, 10:48 AM

    @Francis Mc Carthy: as much as I hate Trump, the media do have a tendency to have misleading or falsified stories.

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    Oct 11th 2017, 8:27 AM

    John Kelly will definitely be gone within a week.

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    Oct 11th 2017, 8:37 AM

    Infamy, infamy, the media has it infamy.

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    Oct 11th 2017, 8:55 AM

    Trump is a fake. He has no Presidential qualities.

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    Oct 11th 2017, 10:26 AM

    @Fiona deFreyne: Fiona. American wealth has grown by 5 Trillion, 200 billion since a Trump won the el

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    Oct 11th 2017, 10:33 AM

    @Rory Toner: first drop in jobs in eight years. There may be more money but it’s not the ordinary person benefiting.

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    Oct 11th 2017, 10:38 AM

    @Rory Toner: Yeah cos he’s implemented so many policies that instigate growth in the first year. More likely down to policies from Obama that are now starting to produce results. Don’t let that spoil your narrative though

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    Oct 11th 2017, 10:44 AM

    @Fiona deFreyne: he has no human qualities rather

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    Oct 11th 2017, 10:46 AM

    @Rory Toner: And Trump gets the credit for that? Good lord!

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    Oct 11th 2017, 11:26 AM

    @Rory Toner: Rory this has been a trend since Obama, however the normal person sees little of this as is wealth which is nearly totally driven by asset values relating to stock and bond markets. Trump has passed no legislation since in office so none of this is on him but the previous administration.

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    Oct 11th 2017, 9:22 AM

    I think the far more interesting rumour is the suicide pact between Tillerson, Mnuchin and Mattis. It makes sense, they are smart guys and they know that if he were to lose all three at once he’d have nobody left so he can’t fire any of them now. Mnuchin has not been fired even though his plane use was worse than Tom Price. Tillerson got away with calling Trump a fuçking moron.

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    Oct 11th 2017, 8:36 AM

    tune in next week to the real white house

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    Oct 11th 2017, 8:12 AM

    It’s not the media at it again it’s because this guy is a moron and would fall out with his own finger nails.

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    Oct 11th 2017, 9:49 AM

    @Tom Harpur: his own really small finger nails on his tiny, tiny hands

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    Oct 11th 2017, 1:31 PM

    Trump 2020!

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    Oct 11th 2017, 1:46 PM

    @Bairéid Rísteard:

    Are you drunk? It’s only lunchtime.

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    Oct 11th 2017, 8:41 AM

    Trump is a bozo

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    Oct 11th 2017, 10:00 AM

    But who will run the moronic dotard’s day care centre?

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    Oct 11th 2017, 1:31 PM

    Trump 2020!

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    Oct 11th 2017, 10:54 AM

    Joke

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    Oct 11th 2017, 5:34 PM

    It’s now like a reality show.Only worse though.
    If I was an American I would be sick in my stomach over all of this.Trump is making the US a laughing stock around the world.They should demand his resignation.

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    Oct 11th 2017, 1:09 PM

    Sure if said it’s dishonest sure it must be. He wouldn’t tell a lie.

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    Oct 11th 2017, 9:17 AM

    All Ass and no Class.

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