“White House chief of staff John Kelly’s comment that God punished him when he left the Department of Homeland Security for the West Wing aggravated President Trump and was not well received,” CBS News reports.
“Kelly made the remark, in a joking fashion… But the president did not take the joke so well. Mr. Trump believes he gave Kelly a lot of power when he arrived, and thinks Kelly should remember and appreciate that — not suggest he was cursed.”
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