John Kelly Fired Out The Cannon!

John Kelly and Trump are no longer talking to each other.

Turnover is extremely high at The White House.

Donald J. Trump confirms that he's looking forward to replacing his Chief of Staff soon. He confirmed that John Kelly, the retired Marine Corps general is out.

He served since July 2017 and was supposed to be the "grown adult in the room."

The departure of Kelly comes as no surprise. Kelly was getting really annoyed with Trump antics. He was trying to put a cap on Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, Omarosa Manigult-Newman, Sean "Softball" Hannity and others who wanted easy access to Trump. Yes, even Ivanka.

The New Times and Washington Post once said that Kelly would bring moderation and discipline into the White House. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

He was ignored by Trump.

Kelly showed frustration with Trump when he made decisions without his presence. (Hence: Sean "Softball" Hannity being dubbed the "shadow chief of staff.")

Kelly was reportedly not even bothering showing up because it wouldn't make a lick of difference.

Back in October 2017, Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) and Trump got into a spat over the handling of the death of U.S. special force operatives being killed in Niger. One operative named La David Johnson became a fodder of the controversy. According to Wilson, she was overheard the call his widow got from Trump. The imbecile failed to acknowledge him by name. The widow and his mother said that the imbecile was kind of "jokingly" when he was discussing their son's death and remains not being returned. Trump denied the conversation ever happened. He attacked her personally.

Kelly did a press briefing. He quickly defended Trump and attacked Wilson as an "empty barrel" and completely out of the loop when it comes to military.

D'oh.

The AP also notes that Trump's pick to replace Kelly isn't interested in the position.

Nick Ayers is no longer expected to fill the role.

Ayers, who is chief of staff to Mike Pence, was seen as the favorite for the job when Trump announced Saturday that Kelly would leave around year's end. But a White House official said Sunday that Trump and Ayers could not reach agreement on Ayers' length of service and that he would instead assist the president from outside the administration.

Ayers confirmed the decision in a tweet Sunday, thanking Trump and Pence for giving him the opportunity to work in the White House. "I will be departing at the end of the year but will work with the #MAGA team to advance the cause," he said.

It was not immediately clear whether Trump had a new favorite for the post. The official was not authorized to discuss the personnel issue by name and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Ayers and Trump had discussed the job for months. The new hire was to be key to a West Wing reshuffling to shift focus toward the 2020 re-election campaign and the challenge of governing with Democrats in control of the House.

Trump wants his next chief of staff to hold the job through the 2020 election, the official said. Ayers, who has young triplets, had long planned to leave the administration at the end of the year, and had only agreed to serve in an interim basis through next spring.

Ayers will run a pro-Trump super PAC, according to a person familiar with his plans who was not authorized to discuss them by name.

Nick Ayers knows how Kelly feels. He didn't want to be a babysitter to a 72 year old asshole.

Trump said Saturday that he expected to announce a replacement for Kelly in a day or two.

With Ayers out of the running, Trump is considering four candidates for the post, including Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney, according to a person familiar with the president’s thinking. Also emerging as a candidate is Rep. Mark Meadows, a North Carolina Republican and the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus.

Trump is to make a decision by the end of the year, said the person, who was not authorized to discuss the personnel issue by name.

Kelly, whose last day on the job is set to be Jan. 2, had been credited with imposing order on a chaotic West Wing after his arrival in June 2017 from his post as homeland security secretary. But his iron first also alienated some longtime Trump allies, and over time he grew increasingly isolated, with an increasingly diminished role.