Kelly had told Trump that Obama did not call, but had never thought the president would raise that information publicly, the report said. White House Chief of Staff John Kelly in the Oval Office on Oct. 10. As for whether Obama called Kelly, White House officials said later that Obama did not call Kelly, but White House visitor logs show that Kelly and his wife attended the Obamas’ lunch with Gold Star families. The public controversy has to have been painful for Kelly, whose son had been awarded the Purple Heart. Robert Kelly, 29, was killed when he stepped on a land mine in Afghanistan’s remote Helmand province.

Source: thestar October 19, 2017 15:33 UTC