Military Times: Trump says Mattis is 'sort of a Democrat’
On 60 Minutes Trump told Lesley Stahl that he thinks the career military officer may be “some sort of Democrat."
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U.S. President Donald Trump, right, walks in with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, as they
arrive to attend the multilateral meeting of the North Atlantic Council, Wednesday, July 11, 2018
in Brussels, Belgium. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/ AP)
On Sunday President Donald Trump raised new questions on the political fate of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis when he told ’60 Minutes’ journalist Lesley Stahl that he thinks the career military officer may be “some sort of Democrat."
Mattis spent more than 40 years in the Marine Corps where his political views were not widely shared. But his oft-quoted hawkish remarks on war and conflict were likely interpreted as benchmark conservative, Carafano said. And on some of Trump’s more controversial social initiatives, such as the Defense Department’s transgender policy, Mattis’ views on military operational needs have aligned with the president’s personal views.
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Where Trump has been frustrated with the Pentagon’s leadership — such as slow-rolling on things like his desired military parade, or a potentially differing view on the NATO alliance, or the creation of a space force — the friction may not be a reflection of Mattis' politics but rather a reflection that Washington doesn’t work like a Trump corporation, Carafano said.
"Washington doesn’t work like a Trump corporation . . . "
OMG-- what a shocker!!!
A total surprise . . . I mean...like...who knew?
Pretty much everyone But Trump.
Yes-- I think you're probably right about that!
Mattis spent more than 40 years in the Marine Corps.
WTF? 40 years in the Marine Corps and they put you on the day shift! - look out kid they keep it all hid!
This was probably the first ever music video. Some claim it was early rap, but that's debatable.
BTW the balding guy with the beard to the of the screen (and whois seen walking at at the end) was indeed Beat Poet Alan Ginsberg.
What ever. The never ending saga never ends. In all honesty: Is Trump a legitimate person?
Indeed.
And beyond that-- he may even exist at all-- he may well be some sort of Holographic projection. A bad dream.
Some sort of Fig Newton of our collective imaginations!!!
He's a malfunctioning android from the planet Koosbain, he was sent here to snarkle us into believing he is human but, the people of Koosbain know that he is not human and, have every intention of coming here to give us all their gold.