John Kelly reportedly threatened to quit because he was so fed up with Trump

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• White House chief of staff John Kelly is reportedly so frustrated with President Donald Trump that he threatened to quit last month after blowing up at Trump in the Oval Office.
• A senior administration official told Axios Kelly was just "venting frustration."
• But Kelly was said to be angry enough that West Wing aides had to call his allies to calm him down.

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The White House chief of staff, John Kelly, grew so frustrated with President Donald Trump last month that he threatened to quit, Axios reported Saturday.

According to the report, Kelly blew up at Trump during a private Oval Office meeting on March 28 and said he was going to quit as he was walking back to his office.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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