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Undated: John Francis Kelly (born May 11, 1950) is an American politician and a retired Marine Corps general who is the White House Chief of Staff for U.S. President Donald Trump, having served since July 31, 2017. He had previously served as Secretary of Homeland Security in the Trump administration.
Trump has said he [John Kelly] will depart his post as chief of staff near the end of 2018.[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kelly
-- 2017 --
July 31: President Donald Trump on Friday swapped in the homeland security secretary and retired Marine Corps general to be his chief of staff following Reince Preibus' resignation from the job last week.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/30/politics/john-kelly-white-house/index.html
August 1: New White House chief of staff John Kelly was so upset with how President Donald Trump handled the firing of FBI Director James Comey that Kelly called Comey afterward and said he was considering resigning, according to two sources familiar with a conversation between Kelly and Comey.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/31/politics/kelly-comey-phone-call-angry/?iid=ob_lockedrail_bottomlist
August 1: Trump announced Friday that Kelly would replace Reince Priebus as chief of staff, the latest in a series of staff moves aiming to reset the White House's communications and agenda efforts.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/31/politics/kelly-comey-phone-call-angry/?iid=ob_lockedrail_bottomlist
-- 2018 --
March 2: White House chief of staff John Kelly said Friday that he had "absolutely nothing to even consider resigning" over, after weeks of speculation about his job security stemming from questions about how he had handled security clearances for dozens of top staffers.
The issue came to the fore after allegations of domestic abuse against Rob Porter forced him to resign as staff secretary, with lawmakers and political experts wondering why Porter was allowed to handle top-secret information regularly with an interim security clearance.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/after-porter-scandal-kelly-faults-white-house-handling-says-no-n852726
March 2: John Kelly's comment about God punishing him with chief of staff job aggravated Trump ... the president did not take the joke so well. Mr. Trump, [Major] Garrett reports, believes he gave Kelly a lot of power when he arrived, and thinks Kelly should remember and appreciate that — not suggest he was cursed.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-kellys-comment-about-god-punishing-him-with-cos-job-aggravated-trump/
April 10: Mueller Scrutinizing Ukrainian Magnate’s $150,000 Donation to Trump Foundation
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/04/mueller-scrutinizing-ukrainians-usd150-000-payment-to-trump.html
May 20: John Kelly, the White House chief of staff, recently told NPR that undocumented immigrants are “not people that would easily assimilate into the United States, into our modern society. They’re overwhelmingly rural people. In the countries they come from, fourth-, fifth-, sixth-grade educations are kind of the norm. They don’t speak English; obviously that’s a big thing. ... They don’t integrate well; they don’t have skills.”
Kelly is repeating the same nativist nonsense that was hurled at his own Irish and Italian ancestors generations ago. They were told they could not integrate into America, that they lacked the skills and intelligence to contribute to their adopted country — and especially to Kelly’s home city of Boston. Catholicism was actually illegal in Massachusetts until 1780, and a convent was burned to the ground there in 1834.
The haters were wrong about Kelly’s forebears, and Kelly is wrong about the latest wave of newcomers. If anything, immigrants are more productive than native-born Americans, according to virtually every economist who has ever studied the topic.
One example: The Council of Economic Advisors under President Bush 43 concluded, “Our review of economic research finds immigrants not only help fuel the nation’s economic growth, but also have an overall positive effect on the income of native-born workers.”
https://wcfcourier.com/opinion/columnists/trump-disregards-facts-about-immigration/article_4d5ebeee-889c-52d8-bc81-d14cc1e3f928.html
June 1: CVS will no longer donate to pro-Trump 'dark money' group
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/lobbying/390266-cvs-will-no-longer-donate-to-pro-trump-dark-money-group
June 28: Kelly expected to leave White House this summer
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/394686-kelly-expected-to-leave-white-house-this-summer-wsj
December 9: While President Donald Trump's recent announcement that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly would be stepping down from his position by the end of the year didn't exactly come as a surprise — it followed months of speculation regarding the pair's reportedly deteriorating relationship — details of Kelly's ousting have raised eyebrows. According to The Washington Post, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were influential in pushing Kelly out the door.
https://www.bustle.com/p/jared-kushner-ivanka-trump-potentially-influenced-john-kellys-departure-report-says-13604787
December 10: Outgoing White House chief of staff John Kelly has been reportedly furious with President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka Trump
Kelly reportedly took notes about their activities and requests, and kept them on his desk in full view of staffers, a senior White House official said in a New York Times report published on Monday. .
Kelly, who reportedly called Trump an "idiot" in private and described the White House as a "miserable place to work," is believed to have floated the idea of resigning during his tenure.
Despite numerous reports of a rift between the Trumps and Kelly, Kushner praised Kelly during an interview with Fox News on Monday night
https://www.timesunion.com/technology/businessinsider/article/John-Kelly-reportedly-took-notes-on-Jared-Kushner-13456267.php
December 13: John Kelly ‘Relieved To Be Leaving’ White House: CNN
Kelly reportedly said being chief of staff was the “worst job” he’s ever had.
In one meeting Kelly allegedly called Trump “an idiot” and said it was “pointless to try to convince him of anything.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-kelly-relieved-out-white-house_us_5c12e906e4b0860b8b5ca838
December 18: Trump Foundation To Dissolve Amid New York AG's Investigation
New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood has announced that the Trump Foundation will dissolve. The foundation was established by Donald Trump well before he ran for president.
The news comes as her office continues its investigation into various questions about the foundation's conduct, including whether the foundation broke the law by coordinating with Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and whether it was truly functioning as a charitable organization.
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/18/677778958/trump-foundation-to-dissolve-amid-new-york-ags-investigation
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