Things apparently got heated inside the White House today between the Chief of Staff and the National Security Advisor.
A heated argument in the West Wing between chief of staff John Kelly and national security adviser John Bolton over a recent surge in border crossings turned into a shouting match Thursday, two sources familiar with the argument told CNN.
The exchange lay bare a bitter disagreement that has existed between two of President Donald Trump’s top aides for weeks now. Trump, who was incensed about the rising levels of migrants and threatened to shut down the southern border on Twitter earlier that morning, took Bolton’s side during the argument.
DETAILS — John Kelly and John Bolton got into a heated argument over a recent surge in border crossings today, which turned into a shouting match. Trump took Bolton’s side. People think Kelly could resign. https://t.co/e4xFAzizhJ
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 18, 2018
Arguing is frequent in this West Wing. What happened today between Bolton and Kelly was more dramatic than that, I’m told. One equated it to a falling out. https://t.co/e4xFAzizhJ
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 18, 2018
Scoop: John Kelly and John Bolton engaged in a profanity-laced argument outside the Oval Office today, I'm told. The shouting match was so intense others worried one of the two men might immediately resign. Neither is resigning, I'm told.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) October 18, 2018
