Kelly’s Rules for Trump’s West Wing: Stop Bickering, Get in Early, Make an Appointment

[Right_in_Virginia]

Kelly’s Rules for Trump’s West Wing: Stop Bickering, Get in Early, Make an Appointment
Wall Street Journal, Aug 5, 2017, Michael C. Bender and Rebecca Ballhaus

In the Oval Office earlier this week, a small group of senior officials talked with President Donald Trump about plans to take on Beijing over intellectual-property theft. When a side debate broke out between two top aides, the new White House chief of staff ordered the pair out of the room.

Return, John Kelly told them, once your differences are resolved, according to a person familiar with the exchange.

The move kept the meeting on track. It also signaled to top staff that Mr. Kelly, a retired four-star general, planned to bring new order and discipline to a West Wing that has been riven for six months with division and disorganization.

After one week, other signs of Mr. Kelly’s taking the reins include the end of the unchecked flow of paperwork that crosses the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, and a new, more formal process for meeting with the president, according to interviews with more than two dozen White House officials, the president’s informal advisers, associates of Mr. Kelly, members of Congress and Capitol Hill aides.

The new rules extend to Mr. Trump’s family. Son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka Trump, who serve as official advisers in the White House and have their own staffs, now report to Mr. Kelly instead of directly to the president, as does chief strategist Steve Bannon.

Staffers no longer loiter outside an open Oval Office door, hoping to catch the president’s eye to be waved in for a chat or the chance to pitch a new idea. That door is now closed.



More:  https://www.wsj.com/articles/kellys-rules-for-trumps-west-wing-stop-bickering-get-in-early-make-an-appointment-1501867375

[Sanguine]

An adult in charge!  Wonderful.

[Suppressed]

An adult in charge!  Wonderful.

Yeah, someone who has actually run organizations successfully!

[Maj. Bill Martin]

General Kelly cares about nothing other than accomplishing the mission.  He won't let either his own ego or the feelings of others get in the way of that.

It's one reason he's always inspired loyalty both up and down the chain of commence.  You always know exactly where you stand with him and that you will be treated in accordance with how you perform.  It sounds harsh in the abstract, but it's actually a breath of fresh air to other people, including subordinates, who are trying to get the job done.  It makes him an absolute perfect fit for this job.

The problem he had with the Obama Administration was that part of his mission was to protect the southern border, and Obama deliberately tried to prevent him from doing that. 

[Emjay]

An adult in charge!  Wonderful.

And sorely needed.  May he continue on this pace.

[Wingnut]

Hope he finds that a duplicate key to the wardroom icebox.....