Mattis on Trump
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I wouldn’t say literally never, in fact I can think of one time he tried reading a unifying speech, though he undid it all with ad-libbing at the end.
But his instinct is not to try to unify - it’s to let you know what side he’s on and why the other side are Un-American or whatever.
Only non-witches get due process.
- Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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I wouldn’t say literally never, in fact I can think of one time he tried reading a unifying speech, though he undid it all with ad-libbing at the end.
But his instinct is not to try to unify - it’s to let you know what side he’s on and why the other side are Un-American or whatever.
@jon-nyc said in Mattis on Trump:
I wouldn’t say literally never, in fact I can think of one time he tried reading a unifying speech, though he undid it all with ad-libbing at the end.
But his instinct is not to try to unify - it’s to let you know what side he’s on and why the other side are Un-American or whatever.
I think maybe you just don't like him very much.
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Trump loves a fight. Some people are like that. It's not really his instinct to unite.
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I wouldn’t say literally never, in fact I can think of one time he tried reading a unifying speech, though he undid it all with ad-libbing at the end.
But his instinct is not to try to unify - it’s to let you know what side he’s on and why the other side are Un-American or whatever.
@jon-nyc said in Mattis on Trump:
I wouldn’t say literally never, in fact I can think of one time he tried reading a unifying speech, though he undid it all with ad-libbing at the end.
But his instinct is not to try to unify - it’s to let you know what side he’s on and why the other side are Un-American or whatever.
I would say this is true.
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*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 crisis—confident that we are better than our politics.” *
That's the third paragraph. Of course, Trump is a Nazi. He just missed his chance to arrest all the protesters in Washington and have them machine-gunned.
He couldn't have forced them into the gas chambers, as the Corps of Engineers hasn't gotten them completed, yet. They've been too busy putting up and taking down hospitals.
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“I have watched this week’s unfolding events, angry and appalled,” Mattis writes. “The words ‘Equal Justice Under Law’ are carved in the pediment of the United States Supreme Court. This is precisely what protesters are rightly demanding. It is a wholesome and unifying demand—one that all of us should be able to get behind. We must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers. The protests are defined by tens of thousands of people of conscience who are insisting that we live up to our values—our values as people and our values as a nation.” He goes on, “We must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our Constitution.””
“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 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.””
