Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warns bitter political divisions have pushed American society to the “breaking point” in his most extensive public remarks since he resigned in protest from the Trump administration.
Mattis also goes into some reasons he left the Trump administration in an excerpt from his book published Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal.
The retired Marine general writes he quit in 2018 when he realized his advice to President Donald Trump “no longer resonated” particularly with regard to “keeping faith” with allies.
Mattis resigned shortly after Trump announced he was pulling all U.S. troops from Syria. In Mattis’ view this amounted to betraying the Syrian Kurdish fighters who’d partnered with American troops to combat the Islamic State group.
The essay was adapted from Mattis’ book, “Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead,” being published Sept. 3.
(AP)
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Most likely we will see and hear scathing attacks by the incompetent dumbbell in chief who is completely devoid of any knowledge of defense, economics or diplomacy. General Mattis has dedicated his entire life to serving the country unlike our president.
Funny,
I see an article bashing trump and I see there’s one comment and I wonder who….
And I tell myself it must be rt!
And lo and behold I’m not disappointed!
So predictable
During his campaign Trump claimed that he knew more than the generals. I assume Mattis found that it wasn’t true.