General Kelly, yanked away from being secretary of Homeland Security, where he was doing good, is now White House chief of staff. The job description is to run the White House staff, decide who gets in to see the president (there are not enough hours in the day for the president to see every one who wants to see him) and make sure every one on the staff knows what the party line is, and when featured on the TV news, to support said party line. And suppress leaks. You do that by firing leakers when you catch 'em.
Trump makes this difficult, he tweets messages that no one in the White House knew were coming, he trashes people who are best left alone, like Jeff Sessions, and he changes his mind from day to day. At Trump's age, he isn't gonna change much, if at all. It will take all the cooperation that Trump can manage AND solid support for any personnel actions Kelly might want to take, to give Kelly a chance at straightening things out. Personnel actions is management speak for hiring and firing.
Kelly is doubtless pretty good at talking people into doing it his way, and is loyal to the President. I hope the president will show loyalty to Kelly. With Trump, you never know.
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