As the beginning of the end of the Trump regime is in sight, the inevitable comparisons are the only motivation for 45*’s reactionary foolishness.
What’s left is how John Kelly is part of the so-called unrestrained Trump WH as the disorganization returns while #TrumpRussia closes in on the WH chaos and the idiot yes men (Kudlow and Bolton) are now direct reports to 45*.
Sources cited Trump's stepped-up cell phone use as an example of chief of staff John Kelly's waning influence over who gets access to the President. During the early days of Kelly's tenure, multiple sources said, Trump made many of his calls from the White House switchboard -- a tactic that allowed the chief of staff to receive a printed list of who Trump had phoned. Kelly has less insight into who Trump calls on his personal cell phone.
While Trump never entirely gave up his personal cell phone once Kelly came aboard, one source close to the White House speculated that the President is ramping up the use of his personal device recently in part because "he doesn't want Kelly to know who he's talking to."
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A security expert said the President's increased cell phone use makes his calls more vulnerable to eavesdropping from foreign governments.
Ex-President Barack Obama is more admired than President Donald Trump in all of nearly three dozen countries featured in a new survey, except for one—Russia.
In a shortlist of admired men compiled by YouGov’s 2018 “World’s Most Admired” survey, released Wednesday, Obama ranked higher than Trump in 34 countries, while Trump came out ahead of Obama only in Russia, and, even then, only by a single spot—eleventh versus twelfth.
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