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Trump Tweet regarding General Mattis
Twitter ^ | Jun 3, 2020 | President Trump

Posted on 06/03/2020 6:07:13 PM PDT by McGruff

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

Probably the only thing Barack Obama & I have in common is that we both had the honor of firing Jim Mattis, the world’s most overrated General. I asked for his letter of resignation, & felt great about it. His nickname was “Chaos”, which I didn’t like, & changed to “Mad Dog”...

...His primary strength was not military, but rather personal public relations. I gave him a new life, things to do, and battles to win, but he seldom “brought home the bacon”. I didn’t like his “leadership” style or much else about him, and many others agree. Glad he is gone!

9:02 PM · Jun 3, 2020


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 202006; 20200603; believeme; failureisanoption; hillaryclinton; jamesmattis; maddogdreckmattis; mattis; thebestpeople; trumpmattis; trumptweet
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To: Psalm 73
Ohh, that's gotta' leave a mark.

Haha... I said the same thing before reading your post.

Great minds... :)

21 posted on 06/03/2020 6:19:57 PM PDT by Boomer (Dems are a leftist plague of hate, fake news, and disinformation aka liars.)
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To: pierrem15
I think Mattis was a great commander and Commandant of Marines.

General Mattis commanded US Central Command, but he was never Commandant of the Marine Corps.

22 posted on 06/03/2020 6:22:16 PM PDT by Always A Marine ("When you strike at a king, you must kill him" - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: Psalm 73

And it’s a well-crafted tweet... the press can’t report on how scandalous firing him was without bringing up the fact Obama fired him, too.


23 posted on 06/03/2020 6:23:43 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: rintintin

Do you think there is much to choose from in DC?


24 posted on 06/03/2020 6:25:04 PM PDT by ResponseAbility (The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
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To: pierrem15

“I think Mattis was a great commander and Commandant of Marines.”

General Mattis never served as Commandant of the Marine Corps.


25 posted on 06/03/2020 6:26:07 PM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on i)
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To: McGruff

He put a butthurt old NEOCON in his place.

The butthurt old NEOCON cried out into the night.

Who cares.


26 posted on 06/03/2020 6:26:43 PM PDT by GaltMeister (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.)
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To: Always A Marine

Ah, now the media has to figure out how to report the mistake without bringing up Obama fired him, too.


27 posted on 06/03/2020 6:27:22 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: hcmama

Just because he has two “allergic shiners” which are really alchohol bags under his eyes everyone thought he was a serious guy.


28 posted on 06/03/2020 6:29:56 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: McGruff

Mattis had a big dispute with Trump over Syria and a belief that the Kurds were going to get smoked. The media freaked for a week or two over this Syria story. Trump was right and Mattis and the media were wrong. Oddly, there are still Troops on Syria looking after the oil.


29 posted on 06/03/2020 6:36:21 PM PDT by hawkaw
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To: McGruff; All

Mattis was asking for this. Mattis should have kept his trap shut, not undermine his former CIC.


30 posted on 06/03/2020 6:37:23 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: damper99

No one puts baby in the corner

And no fired 4-star gets to call the CinC a “nazi” in the midst of a military operation against an entrenched and dedicated domestic enemy of the entire American pubic ..... while speaking of “ dividers”


31 posted on 06/03/2020 6:39:32 PM PDT by silverleaf (Great Things Never Come from Comfort Zones)
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To: rintintin

Honestly...in a war, the generals and admirals who are successful are the ones who relieve non-performers when it is called for instead of hanging on to them.

Same in the civilian world. I went to a seminar some years ago where they asked a crowd of several thousand people “Who of you have people working for you that you would fire immediately if you could.

It was a sea of hands. Nearly everyone. And you can bet a lot of those people hired those same people. The person talked about how to get rid of non-performers.

There is no doubt President Trump has both made bad choices and has had bad advice. I admire someone who sucks it up and does what needs doing, even if others think it is wrong.


32 posted on 06/03/2020 6:40:21 PM PDT by rlmorel (Thinking for yourself is hard work. But it is a lot easier than ignorance.)
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To: pierrem15

I don’t accept that he was a great commander at all. In fact, I’d suggest that one big reason the U.S. hasn’t won a war in decades is that he is typical of the faggotry that dominates the military leadership of this nation.


33 posted on 06/03/2020 6:40:43 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("We're human beings ... we're not f#%&ing animals." -- Dennis Rodman, 6/1/2020)
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To: A_perfect_lady
Excellent 👍
34 posted on 06/03/2020 6:40:59 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: rintintin; All
Agreed. If I had to fault President Trump on one SINGLE issue, it would be that he is too trusting and does not vet his employees. For starters, EVERYONE in the West Wing should have been vetted the day he put his hand on the Bible.

Trump has not learned that business is different from politics. In business, there is honor among thieves... in politics it’s lying, back-stabbing, and subversion.

35 posted on 06/03/2020 6:41:54 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: McGruff
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36 posted on 06/03/2020 6:46:10 PM PDT by timestax
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To: damper99

Necessary


37 posted on 06/03/2020 6:46:19 PM PDT by Gene Eric ( Don't be a statist!)
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To: damper99

Sorry, but I completely disagree. Mattis’ whole persona is wrapped up in military leadership, including counterinsurgency. Mattis just stepped on his own claymore, driven by his desire to be politically relevant.

Before you ask - yes, I know of what I speak. I am a former US Army officer myself, but was more interested in my marriage and family to become a lifer.


38 posted on 06/03/2020 6:46:31 PM PDT by MortMan (Shouldn't "palindrome" read the same forward and backward?)
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To: rintintin
Trump has hired a lot of stinkers. Including a lot of nevertrumpers

He has a limited pool of confirmable cenaidates to draw from. Some of the stinkers, like Sessions, surprised most of us. Also, so of the guys who are sound in business are not in government, like that Exxon guy.
39 posted on 06/03/2020 6:48:06 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: rintintin
Why did Trump hire him?

That is the basis of life and of Trump's hit show the "Apprentice"

As the boss, you put people into positions to see if that can GET the JOB DONE!

Those that DON'T hear those magic words "You're Fired!"

40 posted on 06/03/2020 6:48:25 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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