Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis on Wednesday castigated President Donald Trump as "the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people" in a forceful rebuke of his former boss as nationwide protests have intensified over the death of George Floyd.
"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, 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."
#Mattis #CNN #News
Key words: We can unite without him!
I wasn’t hiding out in my underground bunker “I was just inspecting it”. 😃 lol, ok, sure you were Mr. President. 👍
Bunker code name for strip bar!
Trump supporters see him as “tough”. When he is not being a coward, he is being a bully .Same thing, really.
A war time president ??? When the war is waged on US citizens we need to look at the leadership or the lack there of !!! United We Stand !
Tonight on twitter, we will hear private “bone spurs” bunker boy lash out at 44 yr Vet. General James Mattis:
United States Central Command
United States Joint Forces Command
Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
I Marine Expeditionary Force
United States Marine Forces Central Command
Marine Corps Combat Development Command
1st Marine Division
1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade
7th Marine Regiment
1st Battalion, 7th Marines
Battles/wars
Gulf War
War in Afghanistan
Iraq War
• Invasion of Iraq
• First Battle of Fallujah
• Second Battle of Fallujah
Awards
Defense Distinguished Service Medal (2)
Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal (with Valor)
Meritorious Service Medal
and donald will call the General an american coward & just another disgruntled ex employee …..
Looks like you were wrong. Good job donkey.
I have to say excellent job. Very well said. I would vote for Mattis for president in a heart beat ! Unfortunately,for us, he is way too good a man.
THIS IS A NEW DAY & I SEE CHANGE COMING.
@Kathy Franklund not gonna happen
@Kathy Franklund Your last rebellion was prolly when yer Mommy dint buy you Cocoa Puffs.
About time and I am with you!
Antifa sabotaged BLM. Imagine if O’Bama led a march on Washington with a sea of people, holding hands with all black leaders, and possibly Joe Biden. Imagine if the entire movement was about peace and unity… and perhaps under a different name (not Black Lives Matter which is divisive). I would have been down for that movement, not burning businesses, destroying property, and assaulting innocent police officers.
We all see change coming, its just how bad will it be? Just sayin’.
Once you lose the military that means you lost the country. Trump is incredibly weak President.
Whitney Mohrhauser lol President Clown
Yea right esper you was standing right there in front of that church and you want us to believe you didn’t know🤔? Yea right!!
Mattis was relieved because he thought we should stay in Syria and Afghanistan, Trump wanted to get us out. I thought you libs wanted us out of the middle east?
Trying to have your cake and eat it to, again?
Well if you buy that then you should buy Mattias BS! One sharp general, he finally figured out Trump.
@Cold Beer <--- Still cries at the end of After School Specials
@Cold Beer WHERE Y’ALL BE AT WHEN THOSE KIDS SHOOT UP SCHOOLS & CHURCHES?
Like most of Ttrumpf’s cabinet, they don’t know what a church looks like
Finally someone righteous would come out to save America , thank GOD
Per capita is where the comparison needs to be made and then account for all the crooked hospital administrators calling every health condition death as COVID related so they can claim more federal funds. Your covid narrative gets old, libs fought Trump every step of the way when he tried to secure this nation early on. Nancy even tore up the speech that he discussed the incoming virus. You make me sick.
@Jeff Novack- Are you ok? You sound like a real loser.
@Cold Beer- Autopsy revealed that George Floyd had COVID-19, so that’s what killed him, a cop stopping his blood flow to his brain for 8 minutes had nothing to do with his death apparently.
righteous? Obama fired him too.
@ronkostars ???
“In union there’s strength!”, twenty-two weeks until Americans are heard! Nov.3,2020
We won by 3 million b4 right, how many u think we need this time ?
That’s assuming he doesn’t declare Martial Law and suspends Elections…or worse, the whole Constitution.
@Cold Beer Honey, it’s over.
Yup just like we were heard in 2016👍
Until uninformed and misinformed Americans are heard…. Trump will win again. Not because of any good he has done, but,,,damn, I dont know why!
This is how every revolution in history started, when people getting sick and tire of their poor leaders.
We can have a bloodless revolution in November !
Vote !
Someone somewhere needs to quit playing Jumanji
Rather late to finally notice something was wrong, but better than never, I suppose.
Guilt must have been keeping him awake.
@RK SMLMN I’m 74 – once a U.S. Marine. Enlisted about the same time as “President Bone Spur” was dodging.
Another name for the coward – Bunker Boy.
Vote !
As a former military person myself, you do not have the luxury to openly denigrate those who outrank you. You had better have a justifiable reason and the means to back it up before even considering to be outspoken in such matters. I applaud and salute the General for what he has done. Regardless of what you think, that took courage from someone who has also worn the uniform.
@RK SMLMN Tempting as a fantasy, but put it from your mind if it begins to take on any hint of reality.
Offing Trump at this point would only…
1. Make a martyr for the MAGits
2. Make Pence President
3. Probably get him elected, due to #1, above
4. Save some Republican seats in the House and Senate
5. Empower the looniest of the loons on the Right
6. Prevent that criminal trial the US so dearly needs
7. Launch a purge of journalists, whistleblowers, reformers and comedians
8. Create a police state
In fact, if anybody were to have cause to assassinate Trump, it would be Putin, to whom his usefulness is almost ended. We should all hope (and pray, those who do) that the Secret Service is on the ball this year and the Orange lives to see the inside of a state prison.
He didn’t resign because he thought Trump was doing a good job. And he has had choice words to say about him in the past. If you think he just noticed, you haven’t been paying attention.
Lincoln: “Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their violation by others.”
Trump: “grab em by the p*ssy”
Channel zero…… Way to bring back an oldie but goodie!! Im sure most ppl forgot trumps proclivity for p***y grabbing!!! 🤣💯 But its not lost on me how he loves to compare himself to Lincoln but is the TOTAL OPPOSITE of everything Lincoln stood for!! Hes one step away from invoking states rights legislation and undoing every thing Lincoln fought so hard for!!You can tell from his actions with how he treats and addresses individual states and their governors. 💯
@chew itt ……more like 1865!!!
Biden, “theyll have ya’ll back in chains.”
Obama “Those jobs arent coming back”
Then Wimpass Esper reverses himself hours later.
He should be fired for disobeying and sellout his boss.
@bill bixby WTF?
“A common danger unites even the bitterest enemies.” ~ Aristotle
That’s why 71% of Americans want the military drafted in. Uniting against extreme left wing bigotry
@Greg Maclean <---- Makes up statistics with no back up
@Greg Maclean Stop lying. You’re bad at it.
The top of the pops in the White House?
“Who let the dogs out” Topical don’t you think?…
What about 10cc’s “Load up, load up with rubber bullets…its a shame these slugs ain’t real”!
The comments made by James Mattis gave me goosebumps. At last , a calling out of the president for what he really is, an EPIC FAIL!
THE MURDERER IN CHIEF IS A DEMOCRACY KILLER!
James Mattis: the first general in US history to be fired by two successive presidents for incompetence….both Obama and Trump saw he was a nut….This is what the Swamp looks like.
No, not an “EPIC FAIL,” but a Nazi.
“Our fellow citizens are not the enemy” but the police has been trained in that exact manner for decades now.
Finally Americans seem to be waking up to this nonsense.
No. Police corruption started from the top, which should have not allowed such an unethical officer to violate human rights. Always the responsible too ranks with power are the one who would abuse the power to do whatever they want. Such a corrupt mindset is there, at the top, Trump. Without reforming and replacing the current corrupted culture inside the system of justice, nothing works. Officers are “employed” by the top. Top with power has to be fixed. Protest against the corruption if the soul of George Floyd should be honored.
Since I was 12 my dad told me never trust a rich business man I guess he was 100% right 😂
Such a heartfelt message by Mattis.. I even shed a tear or two.. I felt that and I’m not even American.. the world weeps for the US citizens (the good and sane ones that is)