Patton was the best we had in Europe and MacArthur the best we had in the Pacific.
You see very few if any monuments to Ike or Bradley in France. Everywhere you turn you see Patton. The French people still revere him! He was a unique individual and his men worshiped him. I know a few and one told me” Patton would walk on water and we could, thanks to him, walk on water too.”
Patton fired up his men with his tough speeches. He was way ahead on psychological mind set and used it to encourage the will to win. He was brash and brutal and often foul mouthed, yet he was one of the most religious soldiers who ever lived. His trust and belief in God is well documented.
Patton was sacrificed by Eisenhower and Bradley on the altar of Political Correctness. Bradley owed everything he knew to Patton, yet he (Bradley) was a jealous, imperfect soldier. He hated Patton for his success and his pattern of ignoring orders he felt were ridiculous. Patton was up front with his men instead of in a command post many miles to the rear.
I am very glad Trump admires Patton and MacArthur. They were the very best.
you said “his pattern of ignoring orders he felt were ridiculous” If Trump is that type of president, how can anyone say what the man will do, and that was my point.