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John Kelly

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Relationship to TrumpWhite House chief of staff in Trump's first administrationpolitical / 2 sources

Trump's first homeland security secretary and later White House chief of staff from July 2017 to January 2019.

Former chief of staff publicly warning against Trumprelationship / 2020-06-05–2020-06-05Departed as White House chief of staffoffice / 2019-01-02–2019-01-02Former White House chief of staffoffice / 2017-07-31–2019-01-02

Exact relationships

  1. former White House chief of staffpoliticaldocumented · 4 files · 6 source references
  2. Trump-appointed homeland security secretarypoliticaldocumented · 1 file · 1 source reference

Money, power & fallout

  1. Kelly joins Trump's cabinet as homeland security secretaryFormer homeland security secretaryTrump-appointed homeland security secretary · documented · 1 source
  2. Trump moves Kelly from Homeland Security to chief of staffFormer White House chief of staffWhite House chief of staff in Trump's first administration · documented · 2 sources
  3. Trump announces Kelly will leave as White House chief of staffFormer chief of staff and public Trump criticformer White House chief of staff · documented · 2 sources
  4. Kelly backs Mattis's warning over using troops against domestic protestersPublicly separated from Trump on leadership and military useformer White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
  5. Kelly confirms Trump disparaged service members and attacks his contempt for constitutional governmentAttributed first-hand account disputed by Trumpformer White House chief of staff · documented · 2 sources
  6. Kelly says Trump meets the definition of fascism and prefers a dictator's approachAttributed assessment disputed by Trump campaignformer White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
Source: United States Department of Homeland Security · Rights/use: Public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105 as a United States federal government work · Modified: cropped and resized