I don't think it is that complicated.  But I would not let anyone from the White House appear on another Laura Ingraham television show.

I think Kelly was offering a view from the "states rights" old-school of conservative thought.  When you randomly meander down that thinking when talking about the Civil War, undisciplined thinking could lead in that direction.  Then General Kelly is looking to try to find compromise among very strong opinions, especially about the Confederate statues.  So I think he stepped in it, but I don't think he intentionally wanted to go there as a primary driver.  I am sure if he was working with a more organized interviewer, they would have pointed out I am going to ask you about Civil War, etc., to give heads-up on thinking about what you are going to say, etc.  But this seems just too disorganized in the way it was handled.  Then Kelly painted himself in a corner.  Not good. The Trump White House needs to maintain discipline and guard with all news media