Mattis on Trump

[DaisyDay]

The Man Who Couldn’t Take It Anymore

Short version: not a fan, but subtle about it.

...The next day, [Mattis] met Trump in the Oval Office. Mattis made his case for keeping troops in Syria. Trump rejected his arguments. Thirty minutes into the conversation, Mattis told the president, “You’re going to have to get the next secretary of defense to lose to ISIS. I’m not going to do it.” He handed Trump his resignation letter, a letter that would soon become one of the most famous documents of the Trump presidency thus far.

Here is where I am compelled to note that I did not learn any of these details from Mattis himself. ...But about Trump he was mainly silent. I caught glimpses of anger and incredulity, to be sure. But Mattis is a disciplined man. While discipline is an admirable quality, in my conversations with Mattis I found it exasperating, because I believe that the American people should hear his answer to this question: Is Donald Trump fit for command?

Jeffrey Goldberg, the author of the article, is the editor in chief of The Atlantic and a recipient of the National Magazine Award for Reporting.

 

[joshua 1 9]

So far Trump has less of a body count of any president sense Jimmy Carter. If you are blood thirsty for lots of dead mangled bodies then Trump is not the person for that job.

 

[DaisyDay]

So far Trump has less of a body count of any president sense Jimmy Carter. If you are blood thirsty for lots of dead mangled bodies then Trump is not the person for that job.

Um, this isn't about body counts - start your own thread for that. Did you even read the OP or the linked article?

One of Donald's campaign points was that he was going to let the generals conduct the wars. He not only has not, he doesn't even consult with them half the time before he tweets out a war strategy. When he he did consult, he would disregard what they had to say. Mattis was considered "the adult in the room"; he left because he felt Donald was insupportable.

 

[cow451]

Basically the President is systematically trying to dismantle the United States government, agency by agency and replace them with his own capos and crews.

 

[DaisyDay]

Basically the President is systematically trying to dismantle the United States government, agency by agency and replace them with his own capos and crews.

Yes, and there are many who applaud that, sort of anarcho-patriots.