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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJames Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution
In an extraordinary condemnation, the former defense secretary backs protesters and says the president is trying to turn Americans against one another.
Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American peopledoes not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us, Mattis writes. 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.
He goes on to contrast the American ethos of unity with Nazi ideology. Instructions given by the military departments to our troops before the Normandy invasion reminded soldiers that 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 crisisconfident that we are better than our politics.
More: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/06/james-mattis-denounces-trump-protests-militarization/612640/
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)Link to tweet
stopbush
(24,396 posts)truth about tRump that the world has plainly known for at least two years.
How about this, soldier boy? Next time youre on the inside of a situation that is a clear and present danger to our democracy, you spill the beans to those of us on the outside AT THE TIME ITS HAPPENING. That would justify your pay grade. That would confirm the reasons people admire you.
But you didnt do any of that.
Very brave...not!