White House chief of staff John Kelly reportedly threatened to quit last week after getting into a heated argument with President Trump during an Oval Office meeting.
Sources familiar with the confrontation told Axios that Kelly exploded on Trump on March 28 and left the room muttering under his breath that he was going to quit. Colleagues reportedly saw the state Kelly was in and called in help, including Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, to calm him down.
While the date coincides with the firing of VA Secretary David Shulkin, sources said the incident was not related.
A senior administration official said that his talk of quitting, which has happened before, is more “venting frustrations” than an actual threat.
