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Why Trump needs James 'Mad Dog' Mattis
The more I learn about Mad Dog the more I love him. This guy may be the one to save us all if Trump goes rogue. I knew Trump's utter stupidity would be his undoing, just didn't know it would come this soon! Hahahahahahahaha!
Here's his Wiki.
Trump needs Cabinet officers who are willing to stand up to him and push back when he’s wrong. Mattis has already done that.
But if Trump chose Mattis for his mad-dog reputation, he made a good choice for the wrong reason.
Yes, Mattis was a Marine who demanded “ferocity” from his troops in battle. But he’s also a strategic thinker and scholar who ordered his officers to read military history, can quote Marcus Aurelius or Ulysses S. Grant — and never much liked the “mad dog” sobriquet his men bestowed on him in Anbar province.
Off the battlefield, he’s soft-spoken, thoughtful, cautious — and, most important, un-Trumplike.
When Trump called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, Mattis said the proposal caused “great damage” to U.S. relationships in the Middle East. (Trump later softened the policy to “extreme vetting.”)
Trump has suggested that Vladimir Putin’s Russia could be a U.S. ally; Mattis considers Putin a major threat, and believes the U.S. should do more to help Ukraine.
And, as Trump himself reported, Mattis told the president-elect to his face that he was wrong to suggest that U.S. forces should torture suspected terrorists for information. “Give me a pack of cigarettes and a couple of beers, and I’ll do better,” the general told the president-elect.
Yes, Mattis was a Marine who demanded “ferocity” from his troops in battle. But he’s also a strategic thinker and scholar who ordered his officers to read military history, can quote Marcus Aurelius or Ulysses S. Grant — and never much liked the “mad dog” sobriquet his men bestowed on him in Anbar province.
Off the battlefield, he’s soft-spoken, thoughtful, cautious — and, most important, un-Trumplike.
When Trump called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, Mattis said the proposal caused “great damage” to U.S. relationships in the Middle East. (Trump later softened the policy to “extreme vetting.”)
Trump has suggested that Vladimir Putin’s Russia could be a U.S. ally; Mattis considers Putin a major threat, and believes the U.S. should do more to help Ukraine.
And, as Trump himself reported, Mattis told the president-elect to his face that he was wrong to suggest that U.S. forces should torture suspected terrorists for information. “Give me a pack of cigarettes and a couple of beers, and I’ll do better,” the general told the president-elect.
The more I learn about Mad Dog the more I love him. This guy may be the one to save us all if Trump goes rogue. I knew Trump's utter stupidity would be his undoing, just didn't know it would come this soon! Hahahahahahahaha!
Here's his Wiki.
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