Albert R. Hunt, Columnist

Trump's New Chief of Staff Is Destined to Fail

John Kelly's military background will work against him.

July 30, 2017 at 2:00 PM UTC

Albert R. Hunt is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was the executive editor of Bloomberg News, before which he was a reporter, bureau chief and executive Washington editor at the Wall Street Journal.

Tough luck.
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Politicians and Washington talking heads are falling all over themselves to describe how the new White House chief of staff, John Kelly, might bring some order to a chaotic, dysfunctional and failing presidency.

Wrong. He's the wrong person for the wrong job for the wrong president. The more sanguine assessments, and contrasts to his hapless predecessor, Reince Priebus, will continue for weeks, maybe months. It won't last.