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Mattis didn't disclose ties to China-boosting firm in column slamming Trump's 'America First' policy
Just the News ^ | November 26, 2020 | Susan Katz Keating

Posted on 11/26/2020 6:23:36 PM PST by george76

In an online column denouncing President Trump's "America First" policy that includes measures regarding Beijing, ex-Defense Secretary James Mattis did not disclose his affiliation with an organization that fosters international business deals with communist China.

As coauthor with three other writers in a Nov. 23 Foreign Affairs column, Mattis did not mention that he works for the The Cohen Group consulting firm. Nor did he challenge China's tough talk against U.S. policies regarding Taiwan, nor the strict economic retaliation Beijing levied against Australia.

Instead, Mattis criticized Trump administration policies toward Beijing. Such policies, touted by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, are not in line with The Cohen Group's approach toward international business dealings with Beijing.

China is a market of enormous opportunity and complexity," the group states on its website, adding that the group's China Practice "has a solid record of success with professionals in offices in Beijing, Tianjin and Washington, DC."

The Cohen Group is run by another former Defense Secretary. William Cohen, who has been involved with China since 1978, when he went there to meet with Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, according to the organization.

"Since then, he has been a constant presence in the U.S.-China relationship, including commercial development and security cooperation," the organization states, noting that Cohen serves on the Board of Directors of the U.S.-China Business Council.

Mattis joined The Cohen Group in 2019 as a senior counselor.

Mattis was among a group of retired four-star officers who drew criticism earlier this year for denigrating Trump in a series of articles, tweets, and other commentary.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2019; americafirst; australia; beijing; china; cohen; cohengroup; communistchina; deepstate; donaldtrump; foreignaffairs; generals; jamesmattis; maddog; marines; mattis; prc; swampcreatures; taiwan; thecohengroup; williamcohen
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To: george76

First Marine I’ve ever heard of that never found time for chicks.
But you know, he’s always had a flair for the dramatic.

That’s how “they” are you know...


21 posted on 11/26/2020 6:47:09 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: george76

Every officer O-7 and above needs to be scrutinized. I would say 90% are deep staters and need to be retired. I would even go back as far as the Clinton administration - example being Weasly Clark who was the butcher of Waco and almost started a war with the Russians in the Balkans.
The President is the commander in chief, and these generals serve at the pleasure of the President.


22 posted on 11/26/2020 6:53:16 PM PST by Fred Hayek (Antifa=BLM=RevCom=CPUSA = CCP=Democratic Party )
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To: george76


"I Want To Hold Your Hand" - The Beatles

(song link)

23 posted on 11/26/2020 6:55:10 PM PST by Songcraft
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To: george76

Follow the money!


24 posted on 11/26/2020 6:58:28 PM PST by entropy12 (Stalin would have loved USA election system as it exists now! )
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To: george76

For a good many years, I carried Gen Mattis as an exemplary officer, one I’d willingly follow into battle.
Today? Not so much.
Another hero fallen from grace.


25 posted on 11/26/2020 7:04:41 PM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. Mr Trump, we've got your six.)
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To: george76

bookmark


26 posted on 11/26/2020 7:20:04 PM PST by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: george76

Mattie like all other leftist is a corruptocrat and a traitor


27 posted on 11/26/2020 7:28:44 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Nifster

And I wonder if Kelly has any ties to thebCCP.


28 posted on 11/26/2020 7:31:13 PM PST by LoveMyFreedom
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To: george76

He’s dirty


29 posted on 11/26/2020 8:02:40 PM PST by mimaw ( )
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To: george76

China Mattis, the communist party sympathizer.


30 posted on 11/26/2020 8:03:37 PM PST by Prole
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To: george76

Mattis, you sent your own son to die for a dollar. What kind of thing would do that?


31 posted on 11/26/2020 8:05:40 PM PST by NTHockey (My rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: george76

Traitor Mattis.


32 posted on 11/26/2020 8:10:43 PM PST by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: LoveMyFreedom

Most likely


33 posted on 11/26/2020 8:19:12 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: george76

A disgrace to the USMC!


34 posted on 11/26/2020 8:32:12 PM PST by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE )
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To: george76

Mattis lives here in Washington State- anybody able to doxx him?

Asking for my friends.


35 posted on 11/26/2020 9:21:12 PM PST by datura (If you have to cheat, you didn't’ win.)
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To: george76

Is there anyone that Trump trusted that wasn’t trying to screw him?? Good Lord, he had terrible advisors!! The people he put in place are making out like bandits, cashing in on their treachery.

IT THERE ANYONE IN DC THAT IS CLEAN, BESIDES TRUMP??


36 posted on 11/26/2020 9:29:40 PM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.)
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Nope. He’s the only one.


37 posted on 11/26/2020 9:49:24 PM PST by datura (If you have to cheat, you didn't’ win.)
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To: george76

After “Mad Dog” resigned as SecDef I read an article by someone who knew him and related that he is all huff and blow. IOW a typical malignant narcissist who gave himself his own nickname. A real puke.


38 posted on 11/26/2020 9:51:40 PM PST by 43north (Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?)
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To: Red in Blue PA

yes


39 posted on 11/27/2020 12:11:56 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: george76

William Cohen has been a Squish and soft-on-communism official since the 1970’s. Why Mattis teamed up with this coward defies common sense. Maybe Mattis can only function rationally on a battlefield, not in civilian life.


40 posted on 11/27/2020 1:26:05 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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