# WH Chief of Staff John Kelly offers resignation; Barrack a possible replacement **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 10, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wh-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-offers-resignation-barrack-a-possible-replacement/808584 "2018-02-10T14:35:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wh-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-offers-resignation-barrack-a-possible-replacement/808584/1 "2018-02-10T14:35:01Z")
[Tom Barrack, that is.](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-kelly-resignation-reports_us_5a7e1f74e4b044b3821d69d6?section=us_politics) Makes for an interesting headline! 😃 > [@](#): > > White House chief of staff John Kelly expressed his willingness to resign over his handling of the domestic abuse allegations against staff secretary Rob Porter this week, The New York Times and ABC News reported on Friday, citing anonymous sources within the West Wing. > > President Donald Trump has floated several potential replacements for Kelly to aides, sources told ABC. Reportedly on his list are House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney and businessman Tom Barrack. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wh-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-offers-resignation-barrack-a-possible-replacement/808584/2 "2018-02-10T15:14:30Z")
So Kelly knew that Porter’s ex-wife had to get a protective order against him, yet issued a media release that Porter was a man of integrity. Nice. I think there’s a couple of people lacking integrity here. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wh-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-offers-resignation-barrack-a-possible-replacement/808584/3 "2018-02-10T15:59:22Z")
I wish Obama would become chief of staff. _“I smell a sitcom!!”_ ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wh-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-offers-resignation-barrack-a-possible-replacement/808584/4 "2018-02-10T16:59:05Z")
There were some high expectation of Kelly and it seem those were mistaken. He’s been a disappointment a number of times, not just here. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wh-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-offers-resignation-barrack-a-possible-replacement/808584/5 "2018-02-10T17:18:44Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > I wish Obama would become chief of staff. > > _“I smell a sitcom!!”_ Barack Obama is far too busy wiretapping and undermining the Trump White House from afar, and this would eliminate the plausuble deniability by the lestist wingnuts that he is clearly reaponsible for all of the [DEL]failings[/DEL] lack of winning by Trump. Plus, he’s in preproduction in starring role in the Netflix’s next limited run series, _Young Nick Fury_, an R-rated take on the origins of the one-time SHIELD Director, which the leaked trailer features what is presumably the final scene: “Pass me my eyepatch. It’s the one that says, ‘Bad Motherfucker’ on it.” Obama ain’t got time for no ‘chielf of staff’ appointment. He’s got some real shit to get down to. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wh-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-offers-resignation-barrack-a-possible-replacement/808584/6 "2018-02-10T17:26:19Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > There were some high expectation of Kelly and it seem those were mistaken. He’s been a disappointment a number of times, not just here. This is neither the time nor the place, Mrs. John Kelly. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wh-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-offers-resignation-barrack-a-possible-replacement/808584/7 "2018-02-10T17:29:59Z")
Can I have the Chief of Staff job? Two days into it I’ll legally change my name to Barry Obama. 😃 After I get fired, I’ll change it back. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wh-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-offers-resignation-barrack-a-possible-replacement/808584/8 "2018-02-10T17:43:23Z")
Whoever takes the job must first promise to change his name to Blackadder. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wh-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-offers-resignation-barrack-a-possible-replacement/808584/9 "2018-02-10T17:57:27Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > So Kelly knew that Porter’s ex-wife had to get a protective order against him, yet issued a media release that Porter was a man of integrity. > > Nice. > > I think there’s a couple of people lacking integrity here. TBF, Mrs Porter _Secunda_ also said that he (Porter) was a man of integrity, despite his proclivity [to physically chastise women](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5359731/Ex-wife-Rob-Porter-Trumps-secretary-tells-marriage.html#ixzz56NyJ7Cf6). Ok, admittedly its the Daily Mail. > [@](#): > > 'I don’t want to be married to him. I would not recommend anyone to date him or marry him. But I definitely want him in the White House and the position he i **s in. I think his integrity and ability to do his job is impeccable**. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wh-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-offers-resignation-barrack-a-possible-replacement/808584/10 "2018-02-11T18:30:54Z")
Perhaps she’s saying: _He should be smacking Trump upside the head!_ ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wh-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-offers-resignation-barrack-a-possible-replacement/808584/11 "2018-02-11T19:03:39Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > I wish Obama would become chief of staff. > > _“I smell a sitcom!!”_ Paging Robert Guillaume ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wh-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-offers-resignation-barrack-a-possible-replacement/808584/12 "2018-02-11T19:05:16Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > Paging Robert Guillaume He’s dead. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wh-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-offers-resignation-barrack-a-possible-replacement/808584/13 "2018-02-11T21:26:43Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > I wish Obama would become chief of staff. > > _“I smell a sitcom!!”_ Aw, man, I bet Obama would be smoking two or three packs a day, though. And [maybe not all of them would be tobacco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Washington,_D.C.), either. > [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Barack Obama is far too busy wiretapping and undermining the Trump White House from afar, and this would eliminate the plausuble deniability by the lestist wingnuts that he is clearly reaponsible for all of the [DEL]failings[/DEL] lack of winning by Trump. Ah, but that would be the beauty of it. It could be a major “running gag” on the show–“Excuse me, Mr. President, I need to replace that light fixture in the Oval Office again. Yeah the old one wasn’t picking up everything–I mean, it’s a new energy-efficient bulb!” _CUE LAUGH TRACK_ And Robert Mueller could be a recurring guest star; always showing up (in a Groucho mustache-and-glasses “disguise”) and being introduced as one of Obama’s old college buddies or something. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wh-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-offers-resignation-barrack-a-possible-replacement/808584/14 "2018-02-11T23:58:22Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > Paging Robert Guillaume > [@running\_coach](#): > > He’s dead. How long do you think it would take Trump to notice? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wh-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-offers-resignation-barrack-a-possible-replacement/808584/15 "2018-02-11T23:59:33Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Whoever takes the job must first promise to change his name to Blackadder. Only if I can have an assistant named Baldrick. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wh-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-offers-resignation-barrack-a-possible-replacement/808584/16 "2018-02-12T04:22:30Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Whoever takes the job must first promise to change his name to Blackadder. > [@Chimera](#): > > Only if I can have an assistant named Baldrick. 😉 You realize where this ends, right? You have to call Trump “Darling.” Just say no. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wh-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-offers-resignation-barrack-a-possible-replacement/808584/17 "2018-02-12T05:54:08Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Only if I can have an assistant named Baldrick. 😉 Is he not already in the Oval Office?