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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon May 13, 2024, 03:03 PM May 13

Jim Mattis Gave Absolutely Brutal Description Of Donald Trump, New Book Claims

Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ contempt for his onetime boss Donald Trump is laid bare in a new book.

Mattis tried to stay away from the White House as much as possible during his time serving in the Trump administration, according to an excerpt from ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos’ upcoming “The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis.”

“Anybody with sense — somebody like Mattis or [former Trump Secretary of State Rex] Tillerson — they immediately shunned and stayed away from Trump,” Stephanopoulos quoted former Trump Homeland Security adviser Tom Bossert as saying.

“I mean, you couldn’t get Mattis into the White House,” Bossert added, per the book. “His view was, ‘That’s a madman in a circular room screaming. And the less time I spend in there, the more time I can just go about my business.’”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/jim-mattis-gave-absolutely-brutal-061141119.html

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Jim Mattis Gave Absolutely Brutal Description Of Donald Trump, New Book Claims (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 13 OP
This is just another example Janbdwl72 May 13 #1
Mattis fulfilled his oath to defend and protect the Constitution. Kid Berwyn May 13 #2

Janbdwl72

(51 posts)
1. This is just another example
Mon May 13, 2024, 03:09 PM
May 13

It's another example of one of many who worked for Dangerous Donald that now do not support him and think the idea of actually electing him to another four year term would be a terrible mistake, to say the least.

Kid Berwyn

(15,320 posts)
2. Mattis fulfilled his oath to defend and protect the Constitution.
Mon May 13, 2024, 03:18 PM
May 13

“Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not even pretend to try. Instead he tries to divide us,” Mattis said in a statement obtained by CNN.

“We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society. This will not be easy, I’m so happy as the past few days have shown, but we owe it to our fellow citizens; to past generations that bled to defend our promise; and to our children.”

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The adviser went on to note the Nazi reference in the statement – Mattis said, “The Nazi slogan for destroying us…was ‘Divide and Conquer.’ Our American answer is ‘In Union there is Strength.’ We must summon that unity to surmount this crisis—confident that we are better than our politics” – was particularly pointed. “That will leave a mark,” the adviser said.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/politics/mattis-statement-trump/index.html

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