Former Trump defence secretary "appalled" by Trump

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52915816

Ex-US Defence Secretary James Mattis has denounced President Donald Trump, saying he deliberately stokes division.

He said he was "angry and appalled" by Mr Trump's handling of ongoing protests over the death of African American George Floyd at the hands of police.

Mr Mattis berated Mr Trump's "abuse of authority" - and backed protesters seeking to uphold American values, as did ex-President Barack Obama.

Mr Trump described Mr Mattis as an "overrated general".

Mr Mattis quit in 2018 after Mr Trump decided to pull US troops out of Syria.

He has remained mostly silent since then, until his rebuke of the Trump administration was published in The Atlantic magazine on Wednesday.

Another day, another "Orange Man Bad!" thread from pooty.

Originally posted by eThneoLgrRnae
Another day, another "Orange Man Bad!" thread from pooty.

link to the above mentioned atlantic article:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/06/james-mattis-denounces-trump-protests-militarization/612640/

“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.”

Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52915816

Ex-US Defence Secretary James Mattis has denounced President Donald Trump, saying he deliberately stokes division.

He said he was "angry and appalled" by Mr Trump's handling of ongoing protests over the death of African American George Floyd at the hands of police.

Mr Mattis berated Mr Trump's "abuse of authority" - and backed protesters seeking to uphold American values, as did ex-President Barack Obama.

Mr Trump described Mr Mattis as an "overrated general".

Mr Mattis quit in 2018 after Mr Trump decided to pull US troops out of Syria.

He has remained mostly silent since then, until his rebuke of the Trump administration was published in The Atlantic magazine on Wednesday.

Son: there is a trump thread.

My advice is learn to use it.

^^opportunistic thread derailer performing fake-moderator duties

Originally posted by Surtur
Son: there is a trump thread.

My advice is learn to use it.

No, just some friendly advice kiddo 🙂

Originally posted by Bashar Teg
^^opportunistic thread derailer performing fake-moderator duties

Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
Special rules, didn't see Surt complaining about all the Obama threads a few years back, some of that was real whack shit.

Did you want to turn this into a discussion about special rules because you will lose 🙂

Originally posted by Surtur
No, just some friendly advice kiddo 🙂

Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
thanks, advice noted and disregarded, this is about a former defence secretaries opinion on Trumps actions, not Trumps opinion.

Okay son 🙂

Originally posted by Surtur
Did you want to turn this into a discussion about special rules because you will lose 🙂

Ronnie, just report the thread to the moderators if you feel rules are being broken, instead of trolling/derailing. should I do it for you?

Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
only in your mind. 🙂

You always lose, my child.

Originally posted by Bashar Teg
Ronnie, just report the thread to the moderators if you feel rules are being broken, instead of trolling/derailing. should I do it for you?

Do it lol.

Originally posted by Surtur
You always lose, my child.

I never said any rules were being broken I merely pointed out there is a trump thread.

And yes, stories about folk whining about Trump do belong there too.

And given you've run your mouth at Broly for creating too many topic Bash I'd sit this one out.

Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
uh, no, but you are entitled to your opinion as 1 of the 7.5 million on Earth. Despite marginal contribution.

Yep you always lose. Wise choice to move on.

Originally posted by Bashar Teg
^^opportunistic thread derailer performing fake-moderator duties

poor Ronnie.