President Donald Trump’s chief of staff was the enforcer of Trump’s controversial immigration policies, has frequently criticized the president’s enemies, and this week echoed his boss’ defense of Confederate monuments. But it may be wishful thinking by Trump’s critics to believe that he’s tugging the president in another direction. “I would tell you that Robert E. Lee was an honorable man,” Kelly told Ingraham. “I was not sent in to, or brought in to control him,” Kelly told reporters on Oct. 12. “And you should not measure my effectiveness as a chief of staff by what you think I should be doing.”Kelly declined a request to be interviewed.

Source: Egypt Independent October 31, 2017 22:18 UTC