The guy is ignorant, stupid - yes, stupid - and a pathetic 'human being'. 

At this point, WWIII may NOT be the downfall of the U.S. - I'm more concerned with the country imploding from WITHIN... and seems everyone in the WH doesn't mind that happening.... as long as they're on the 'winning side' when the dust settles.

White House press secretary even chastised reporters for challenging Kelly - “I think that if you want to get into a debate with the four-star Marine general, I think that’s something highly inappropriate.”

Meanwhile, Trump criticized 4-star Marine general John Allen back in July 2016- ( https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/75902405512300953 6?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ffactba.se%2F search.)

This WH is trying hard to convince the public of this alternate reality where everything they say is right and everyone who opposes them is wrong.

This is not going well for the country.

-C!

Yes Kelly was wrong in his comments about Wilson and the FBI building. He should apologize for that mistake. If that is the talking point people got out of his statement the US is in more trouble than I thought. 

Let's not forget that her comments came after Trump had chosen to attack Obama's protocol in this exact arena, so she was hardly politicising where the President had not already chosen to try and score points politically.

Her complaint that Trump failed to mention Sgt Johnson by name seems somewhat backed up by Trump's later comments that 'I had a very nice conversation with the woman, with the wife, who sounded like a lovely woman.'. I'm sure the woman, the wife, appreciated greatly the call about the guy.

I do agree that the talking point should be dialled back to what exactly was going on in Niger that led to these men losing their lives. 

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Since the family is backing Wilson's account of the phone call and their reaction to it, I'm not clear why you are taking offense on the part of the family.

If the family /was/ offended (according to the mother of the fallen soldier, they did feel disrespected), should Wilson have stayed silent so as not to appear "political", or should she defend her constituents?

Exactly.  People are acting like Wilson forced the family to place the call on speaker and then used what Trump said to gain political points.  That ignores Wilson's relationship with the family and the fact that they decided to put the call on speaker.  Even then, this was not an issue until Trump decided to be Trump and lie about former presidents "never or rarely" calling families of deceased military.  EVEN THEN Trump should have been presidential and not made it all about him. He should have had empathy and demurred.  Instead?  He drags Kelly and his dead son into a political discussion Kelly clearly has never wanted forcing him to make some lame, half-hearted attempt at justifying Trump's actions.   

Is too much being made of it at the expense of the focus being drawn away from the facts of the attack? Fact we haven't gotten after nearly two weeks. Perhaps.  But as one in a very LONG string of hamfisted, pathological and idiotic attacks that gains Trump very little, one has to ask why he doesn't pick his battles.  Why does every slight, no matter how small, require a nuclear option rather than reasoned response?  Oh, sorry.  That would mean he understands being presidential.  That he can rise above rather than rake the mud.  That is clearly not the president we currently have. My bad.