Results 1 to 2 of 2
Like Tree1Likes

Thread: Trump: I gave Mattis 'second chance'

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

  1. #1
    Senior Member Judy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Posts
    55,883

    Trump: I gave Mattis 'second chance'

    Trump: I gave Mattis 'second chance'

    By QUINT FORGEY
    12/22/2018 10:11 PM EST

    President Donald Trump claimed Saturday he gave outgoing Defense Secretary James Mattis “a second chance” after the retired Marine general was ousted from military leadership under the Obama administration.

    “When President Obama ingloriously fired Jim Mattis, I gave him a second chance. Some thought I shouldn’t, I thought I should,” Trump tweeted Saturday evening.

    Former President Barack Obama fired Mattis as head of U.S. Central Command in 2013 in large part because of Mattis’ increasingly hawkish posture toward Iran.

    Mattis resigned from the Trump Cabinet on Thursday in protest of Trump’s abrupt plan to withdraw all U.S. forces from Syria.

    But Trump wrote that he made sure Mattis was better equipped and more empowered in his role leading the Pentagon since January 2017.

    “Interesting relationship-but I also gave all of the resources that he never really had. Allies are very important-but not when they take advantage of U.S.,” Trump tweeted.

    The last line of the president’s message appeared intended to jab back at Mattis’ resignation letter.

    "We must do everything possible to advance an international order that is most conducive to our security, prosperity and values, and we are strengthened in this effort by the solidarity of our allies,” Mattis wrote.

    Prior to his nomination to become Defense secretary, Mattis had served on the boards of defense giant General Dynamics and Theranos, the since-dissolved Silicon Valley biotech firm. He was also a fellow at the Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank at Stanford University, and performed some private consulting work.

    https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...chance-1074499
    A Nation Without Borders Is Not A Nation - Ronald Reagan
    Save America, Deport Congress! - Judy

    Support our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts at https://eepurl.com/cktGTn

  2. #2
    Senior Member Judy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Posts
    55,883
    I didn't know Mattis had been fired by Obama. I wonder why the media didn't report this little gem with the resignation news?
    A Nation Without Borders Is Not A Nation - Ronald Reagan
    Save America, Deport Congress! - Judy

    Support our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts at https://eepurl.com/cktGTn

Similar Threads

  1. Mattis quits, says his views aren't 'aligned' with Trump's
    By Judy in forum Other Topics News and Issues
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 12-21-2018, 05:40 PM
  2. Trump Goes to the Mattis on Trans Policy
    By MW in forum Other Topics News and Issues
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 04-27-2018, 10:02 PM
  3. James Mattis selected as Trump's secretary of defense
    By JohnDoe2 in forum General Discussion
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 12-05-2016, 04:41 AM
  4. GOP Rep: Paul Ryan ‘Does Not Have My Vote’; Trump Gave Congress a Mandate, Ryan Gave
    By Jean in forum illegal immigration News Stories & Reports
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 11-12-2016, 12:56 PM
  5. Replies: 0
    Last Post: 07-23-2013, 01:30 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •