Trump administration: from friend to fired

From "very talented" to "lazy as hell," here's how Trump talks about his staff before and after firing them.

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00:00Jim Mattis is doing a great job. I'm not a big fan of General Mattis, as you know.

00:04John Kelly is one of the best people.

00:07I know John Kelly. He was with me. Didn't do a good job.

00:17John Bolton is doing a very good job.

00:20What about the idiot John Bolton? I mean, he comes in,

00:22and all he wants to do is go to war with everybody.

00:25If I listened to that idiot, we'd be right now in World War V.

00:30Well, I have a very good relationship, as you know, with Steve Bannon.

00:38Steve's been a friend of mine for a long time. I like Steve a lot.

00:41But I don't know this man. I guess Sloppy Steve brought him into the White House quite a bit,

00:45and it was one of those things. That's why Sloppy Steve is now looking for a job.

00:49I also want to thank Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen

00:59and Undersecretary Chris Krebs for being here.

01:03And they, too, have been working long and hard on this bill.

01:20John Kelly is one of the best people. He's a military man, but he loves doing this,

01:26which is chief of staff, more than anything he's ever done.

01:29He's doing a great job. He will be here, in my opinion, for the entire seven remaining years.

01:37I know John Kelly. He was with me. Didn't do a good job. Had no temperament.

01:41And ultimately, he was petered out. He was exhausted. He was sort of a tough guy.

01:45By the time he got eaten up in this world, it's a different world than he was used to,

01:51he was unable to function. And I told him, John, you're going to have to go.

01:56Please give me a letter of resignation. And we did that. And now he goes out and badmouths.

02:06A very talented man, Rex Tillerson, who's going to be meeting with them

02:10shortly. So beautifully represented. I'm so honored that the Senate approved him.

02:14He's going to be fantastic.

02:28Yeah, Don McGahn's a really good guy. Been with me for a long time. Privately before this,

02:33he represented me. He's been here now, maybe almost two years. And a lot of affection for Don.

02:44Very happy with Secretary of Defense, by the way. Jim Mattis is doing a great job.

02:53I'm not a big fan of General Mattis, as you know. I have the smartest people. I have

02:58the most dedicated people. I have the best people. I have the best people. I have the best people.