Former White House chief of staff John Kelly broke with the president on immigration and other core issues during his first time speaking freely about his time in Trump’s administration
Former White House chief of staff John Kelly spoke freely for the first time Wednesday evening about his tenure in President Donald Trump’s administration and in doing so broke with the president on immigration and other core issues.
While Kelly said Wednesday he couldn’t answer questions about whether the president ordered him to grant son-in-law Jared Kushner a security clearance over the objections of intelligence officials, citing executive privilege, he notably diverged from Trump on his marquee campaign issue of immigration.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. He also reiterated his position that a border wall spanning the entirety of the U.S.-Mexico border would be a “waste of money,” despite overseeing the beginning of what would become the longest government shutdown in U.S. history over Trump’s demands that Congress fund such a project.
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