John Kelly, the White House chief of staff, has been forced to deny a report that he called Donald Trump an “idiot”. In a rapid response statement issued on Monday, Kelly dismissed the claim, broadcast by NBC News, as “total BS”. The NBC News report quoted officials as saying Kelly portrays himself as fighting a lonely battle to curb Trump’s erratic impulses and stave off disaster. “We’ve got to save him from himself.”The claim is likely to cause fresh speculation about Kelly’s future in the White House. Truly bad people!”In a second tweet he claimed the White House was “running very smoothly” with “great Energy” and “unending Stamina”.

Source: The Guardian April 30, 2018 23:16 UTC