"Boo hoo! He followed the recommendations of the Cabinet instead of me!"

Jake Lahut reports in Business Insider,

President Donald Trump's longest-serving chief of staff had some choice words about his former boss' performance and character on Friday morning.

...When asked by Scaramucci whether he agreed with Trump's assertion that he's "a very stable genius," Kelly took a pregnant pause.

"Um, he's — what's a genius? I don't know what that is," Kelly said. "He is — as I say, when I was there working the staff process, more often than not he didn't like the recommendations. More often than not he followed the recommendations of the staff, of the Cabinet.

So, Kelly is in agreement with Mattis. Read more here.

John Kelly on the differences between campaigning and governing

"The foolish back-biting leaking has all but stopped."

North Korea: "We've kicked the can down the road until there is no road left." "The President calls the leaders of Korea, Japan, China and others on a regular basis." "But at the end of the day, this President is committed to ensuring the nation's safety."

"If the President of the United States is uninformed one time, and makes the wrong decision, that's on me!"

Scaramucci out as Communications Director

At the request of his new Chief of Staff, John Kelly, President Donald Trump has fired his new Communications Director, Anthony Scaramucci. Got that? Barnini Chakraborty reports at Fox News,

President Trump’s headline-grabbing communications director Anthony Scaramucci was shown the door Monday after just 11 days on the job – as retired Gen. John Kelly took command of the White House staff, moving swiftly to impose order on a West Wing gripped for weeks by infighting.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders would not confirm reports that Kelly personally requested Scaramucci's removal -- but she made clear that the former Homeland Security secretary now has full control of the staff.

“General Kelly has the full authority to operate in the White House, and all staff will report to him,” Sanders said, adding there are no other anticipated staff shake-ups in the works.

Read more here.