Kelly Finds Himself in a Familiar Place in the Trump White House: Eyeing the Exits

[ad_1] While several current and former officials said they had not heard the chief of staff call his boss “an idiot,” as NBC News reported on Monday, many said that Mr. Kelly had given the impression over many months that he did not hold the president in high regard. He speaks as if he sees himself as the lone bulwark against potentially dangerous decisions by the commander in chief, they say. And whether he used the word or not, they added, the story itself could serve to accelerate his departure. Yet Mr. Trump, always averse to conf…