Start the countdown for how long it takes Trump to tweet a baseless attack against Kelly.
Trump has a long list of common attacks he uses in cases like this. It's hard to predict exactly which one he'll choose.
"worst chief of staff ever"
"he begged me for a job"
"I did him a favor"
"nobody liked him"
"also known as John Smelly (or some other bad name)"
"worst chief of staff ever"
"he begged me for a job"
"I did him a favor"
"nobody liked him"
"also known as John Smelly (or some other bad name)"
The way competent politicians combat this is "Kelly was an extremely competent chief of staff, but we increasing disagreed on policy decisions, and I'm sorry it's come to this". People would believe Kelly less.
Bad politicians go on childish tirades, making people (other than your ardent supporters) believe Kelly. This is how people behave when the accusations are true.
