General John Kelly's Powerful Speech Hit At Wilson And President Donald Trump | Morning Joe | MSNBC

While discussing the loss of his son, WH Chief of Staff John Kelly addressed the controversy surrounding the president’s phone call with Myeshia Johnson, the widow of Sgt. La David T. Johnson.

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General John Kelly's Powerful Speech Hit At Wilson And President Donald Trump | Morning Joe | MSNBC

[scorpionmish]

My mother still remembers when her coworkers said to her, after my dad died from a two year battle with colon cancer, "well he was terminal so you should have anticipated this." She never looked at them the same and until that day I've never seen my mother so angry. You don't say that to anyone grieving, PERIOD.

[taylorqueensbury]

As a ⭐️widow, i think getting a call from trump would be torture on top of torture. I have told others the only word for this situation is “suffering”. No one knows how bad it is to realize your worst nightmare is true. But, thank God for Other Soldiers and how they have helped to take care of me, be there for me. That said, trump just isn’t the man to carry out this detail. People say things at funerals that are bizarre. It isn’t malicious. Some people just have no idea what to say or do.My personal belief is that trump lacks empathy. Stop pushing trump to take care of these things. Let him golf

[BlackDerek]

For me as a Canadian watching what's happening in the U.S. is like watching your brother fall down on ski slope.  At first it was funny, but now he's been falling for a bit too long and his limbs don't look quite right.

[sanghoonlee]

A good man in the service of a bad one. That's the saddest part of this.

[OGimouse]

Well, all 100% of Kelly's credibility was used here--Trump better cherish it because he's out of sources.

[JoseLara-potb]

I think Donald Trump should have tooken John Kelly's advice and not called he only made things worse at a time when feelings are so fragile

[Micisme]

I know this is hard and maybe unfair to the Johnson family but they need to speak out and put EVERYONE in their place

[abrooksize]

Seems almost like a deeply conflicted Kelly is unraveling.

[DavidMiller-dtmx]

Trump's biggest problem in this is he utterly lacks empathy.

Of course, the greatest respect you can show these men and women in the military is to keep them out of frivolous conflicts. My brother is in the Army, a warrant officer in intelligence, and going for his 20. I'd like to see him come out of it alive.

[firesign]

He disrespected! he stated...Woman weren't sacred aka respected! Anymore!!!..wt😨....
What a hypocrite!!!😠

[medusa]

Still trying to keep disgraceful Kelly on a pedestal? Disgusting!

[drkmwinters]

Can't believe the MJ team ignored that sexist, 'take me back to the days of racial segregation' Kelly claimed he longed for the day when women were treated with 'honor' while he himself attacked a woman for telling the truth about Trump while black. Moral failure, guys. Utter moral failure to point that out.

[SabaDhutt]

I do believe Kelly told Trump to say all those nice, compassionate things but that malignant narcissist only remembered "he knew what he signed up for". Why? Because in Trump's sick mind, that absolves him of any responsibility. "Hey, don't blame me, he signed up." Trump only thinks in terms of lawsuits and business, no empathy. Sick

[charissew]

Kelly needs to be a bigger person to admit that he should just step down. this president has caused Kelly to look lost, sad and confused

[patsysadowski]

The Congress Woman spoke for the family who asked for her help. Being friends for years she did. They have no info, a closed casket and questions and endured Trump's version of sympathy. Kelly criticised her and by extension the family, while demanding respect for them. He should be ashamed.

[firesign]

BUT TRUMP DENIED!!!! SAYING THOSE WORDS AT ALL!!!! COME ON JOE! 🤕😩

[Micisme]

Didn't Trump deny even saying those words? Now Kelly is like "What he meant to say was" COME ON PEOPLE!!

[ThisPageStaysREAL]

Kelly lost some points, and gained some points. He shouldn't have mentioned the congress woman though. She knew the kid personally and the call was on speaker.

[brahmburgers]

When it all gets boiled down, Kelly is an apologist for the Dufus in Chief. A thankless and never-ending job.

[edenton]

He basically called the Congresswoman the N-word!!