General John Kelly to go, maybe possibly.

BREAKING NEWS: John Kelly IS leaving the White House, says Trump. The enforced departure of General John Kelly as chief of staff in the White House has been predicted so many times that it is possibly unwise to give too much credence to the latest rumours and speculation in Washington. But those supposedly in the know are saying that this time Kelly really will go. Trump is certainly in a change-over mood. He has nominated a new attorney general, William Barr, an old hand, Heather Nauert as ambassador to the United Nations, an old Fox News hand (there's a surprise!), and General Mark Milley as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, succeeding General Joe Dunford who by the time he retires next summer will have served in that post for four years. Kelly, everyone says, will be next in Trump's shake-up. What intrigues me is that Trump rules by personality, instinct and self-belief. He doesn't like to be told what to do by anyone. Yet retired four-star Marine Corps General John Kelly has spent every day trying to restrain Trump. If Trump wanted to go in one direction, Kelly would point out that it was neither legal nor sensible. According to some reports, Kelly's restraining advice has put back Trump's national security and trade agenda by up to a year, simply by telling the president he shouldn't do what he wanted to do. Trump clearly listened to him. Why? What made Trump suddenly think that Kelly knew more about a certain issue than he did? It just doesn't sound like the Trump we know. Remember he once said that he knew more about intelligence matters than the whole intelligence community. So perhaps the rumours are true. Trump can't take any more of the sensible, practical General Kelly and will be looking for someone with better political and Trump-like instincts. Which is why Nick Ayers, currently chief of staff to Mike Pence, vice president, is the hot choice. He's good at the political game and has better contacts in Congress. But you never know with Trump. Most in-the-know people in Washington said not that long ago that Trump had rejected the idea of nominating Heather Nauert, State Department spokesperson, as UN ambassador to replace superstar Nikki Haley who is going to spend more time with her family (I think). Yet Nauert IS the Trump choice. Expect more Trump announcements over the next few days. One man sure of his job is Mike Pompeo because Trump keeps on praising him. And tearing apart Pompeo's predecessor at State, Rex Tillerson. Trump very kindly tweeted that Tillerson was "dumb as a rock and lazy as hell". Oh my God, don't get the wrong side of this president. He always says what he really thinks!!