Eric Trump complains it's harder to see his father -- Is John Kelly the reason?

After a visit to the Oval Office, Eric Trump lamented the fact that he can’t visit his father quite as easily as he used to.

The Trump son took to Twitter, posting photos of himself with President Trump in Washington, and writing

“It isn’t quite as easy to visit @realDonaldTrump in his office as in the old days…”

Before adding that they’re proud of him and his efforts to “make America great again.”

But it's possible that Chief of Staff John Kelly has played a role in limiting Eric Trump's access to the president recently.

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Took control of the White House in July, becoming Trump's chief of staff. Numerous reports from the time suggested that Kelly quickly implement new ground rules for visiting the president, restricting access not just to Trump children like Eric -- who's not formally part of the administration -- but also allegedly even restricting Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s access.

Eric Trump is also the executive vice president of the Trump organization, which the president has vowed to disentangle himself from during his time in office to avoid a potential conflict of interest. That role makes it likely that he's not seeing his son as much in order to keep distance from his business affairs.

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