President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski on Sunday gave a hands-off warning to incoming White House chief of staff John Kelly, advising him to "let Trump be Trump."
In an interview on NBC News' "Meet The Press," Lewandowski declared, "his title is chief of staff, not chief of the president."
"You have to let Trump be Trump," Lewandowski added. "That is what has made him successful over the last 30 years. That is what the American people voted for. And anybody who thinks they’re going to change Donald Trump doesn’t know Donald Trump."
Lewandowsky said the White House needs now a chief of staff who "is ensuring that everybody who works in the White House is on the president's agenda."
"What I would guess moving forward is that General Kelly will bring the type of discipline to the staff, to ensure that the leaks are stopped and that the president's agenda is foremost of what takes place in that building," he said. "So there will be no more back biting, no more stabbing each other in the back."
"What Anthony Scaramucci has said is he’s the type of person who if he wants to stab, he’s going to stab you in the front," he continued. "And what I think General Kelly wants to bring is the opportunity to make sure that everybody on the staff is working for the good of the president and not their own agenda."
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