Trump Fires Back After Mattis Scorches Him: ‘World’s Most Overrated General’

@Rich Wheeler: Randy beat me to the answer. He obviously had sour grapes. His statement wasn’t based on any facts but rather on something that hasn’t happened yet. This has not been militarized and there are far more than a few rioters. He also failed to point out what Constitutional rights have been violated. He also needs to read up on history. I pointed out five instances of Presidents using the military, some good, some bad. I do disagree with Trump’s response. Rather than touting how he fired him he should have picked apart his argument piece by piece the way I did. It was very easy to do. I like Mattis and kind of feel sorry/embarrassed for him.

@Randy:

May have been a good general, but was fired by two presidents.

Mattis should take being fired by the only anti-American President in history (Obama) as a compliment. Speaking of Obama, he isn’t looking very healthy.

@Randy: “releaved sic of their responsibilities.”
Trump claims he fired Mattis—a lie

AV—No need to feel sorry for Mattis—one of most beloved and revered Marines since Chesty.
Mentioned to my wife how bad BHO looks—-hope you are well

BTW—like yourself Mattis is widely read

Donald Trump has potentiated all of the dysfunctional negative forces in America that have led up to the news of the past week. Exploiting fear, resentment, anger, and societal divisions has been the source of all of his political energy from the start. Were he ever to fully succeed in consolidating his tools of domination nationally, he would then move on to exploiting fear, resentment, anger, and divisions on a global scale.

That’s what the November election is about. We’ve got serious challenges ahead as a nation, even if we’re all working together.

@Greg: MSLSD rhetoric how predictable, still unimpressed keep scraping the bottom of the China propaganda networks brother.
Come up with examples for insane accusations, you will sound less like a screeching Karen.

@Rich Wheeler: @Randy: It’s relieved Col.

Hard to believe a Field Grade Officer could make that mistake. Maybe your grand daughter could help.

@Randy: Have you never seen relieved of command Colonel? Blame it on someone or something else. That a trait of our current POTUS.

Re Mattis—ask ANY Marine who has served with him.

@Randy:

sometimes word check makes a mistake.

Oh, but you don’t understand, Randy, Wheeler, Comrade Greggie and one other that comes here are the self appointed typing/spelling police.

@Rich Wheeler: The military all objected to Trump pulling our troops out of Syria, where we should never have been in the first place. If you recall, ISIS should have overrun the entire region by now, along with Turkey, destroying the Kurds. Hasn’t happened. Trump was right, they were wrong.

The military don’t want to see US troops deployed in US cities; it is a bad sign. Indeed it is; it is a sign the the Democrats have reached a new low. I don’t want to see that either but, unlike them, I realize there are few other options. The worst of the problems are all in Democrat cities and Democrats are either too gutless to address the issue or are using the violence and chaos to further the agenda of undercutting the Trump administration and save them from watching their Biden flop fail at the polls. I guess unlike them, I know the purpose of the military is to perform support duties to release more civil police for the peace keeping. Perhaps they, too, are in the insurrection business.

@retire05: Perhaps insurrectionist looters herded about by Democrats aren’t his enemy.

June 6, 2020 – Trump demanded 10,000 active-duty troops deploy to streets in heated Oval Office meeting

In a heated and contentious debate in the Oval Office last Monday morning, President Trump demanded the military put 10,000 active duty troops into the streets immediately, a senior administration official told CBS News. Attorney General William Barr, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley objected to the demand, the official said.

In an attempt to satisfy Mr. Trump’s demand, Esper and Milley used a call with the nation’s governors later that morning to implore them to call up the National Guard in their own states, the official said. If these governors didn’t “call up the Guard, we’d have (active duty) troops all over the country,” this official said.

That same day, the Pentagon started bringing in 1,600 active-duty troops to bases just outside the District of Columbia. Late that afternoon, Esper and Milley were on their way to the FBI’s Washington Field Office, where the command center for the military and law enforcement response to the protests was located, the official said. En route, they received a call to come to the White House to give the President an update.

They did not brief the president, but they were asked to stay for his address in the Rose Garden and then to accompany him on the walk across Lafayette Park to St. John’s Church. Milley had been wearing his dress uniform in the morning but changed to his combat fatigues because he knew it was going to be a long night at the FBI command center, the official said. Neither man realized the purpose of the walk was to stage a photo op in front of the church.

On Wednesday morning, after two nights of peaceful protests, Esper ordered 700 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to return to Fort Bragg, and then delivered a statement in the Pentagon briefing room that he was opposed to using the Insurrection Act to send active-duty troops into the streets.

Esper was saying in public exactly what he had been saying in private to the president, but Mr. Trump was furious with him at a White House meeting later that morning, the official said.

After the meeting, Esper reversed his decision to send the 700 troops home – not because of the president’s anger, but because he had received reports that protesters were planning a million man march on Washington for Saturday.

After another night of no violence in the streets, Esper again gave the order to send the 700 paratroopers back to Bragg and on Friday gave another order to withdraw all but 350 of the troops who had been placed on alert.

The remaining 350 are members of the Old Guard permanently based at Fort Myer, Virginia, just across the Potomac River from the District, and they were placed on a lower state of alert.

The man is a loose cannon on a storm-tossed ship.

@Randy:

He has no point. He simply finds articles written about what one of his left wing outlets (CBS) says some anonymous source told them. Frankly, there used to be days when “sources” were revealed and journalists didn’t write crap like ” a senior administration official told CBS News.”

So remember this; while David Dorn was lying on the concrete bleeding out, people like Comrade Greggie refuse to even address the black lives snuffed out by other blacks.

Comrade Greggie has NEVER disparaged either Antifa or BLM.
Why? Because he thinks their actions hurt Trump’s chances at reelection and that is the most important thing to scum like Comrade Gregge.

@Greg:

June 6, 2020 – Trump demanded 10,000 active-duty troops deploy to streets in heated Oval Office meeting

Glad someone is not only dedicated to protecting US citizens from left wing Democrat useful idiots but is enthusiastic about it.

The protesters are American citizens. They are the American people, as much as Donald Trump or any of his followers. What do you not understand about this?

The United States Marines will Never deploy against U.S citizens on American soil.

Ol “.can’t remember which foot it was” knows this Foolish bluster

@Randy, #78:

Before our military leaders turned on our own citizens and our nation’s Constitution, they’d remove whoever was crazy enough to give them such an order.

@Greg: Depends on the damage the people did. Do you silly asses remember the Civil War?@Rich Wheeler: Old RW can’t remember history either.

@Rich Wheeler: The differences between us RW is that I am aware of history. You are not. When an organization that has been considered international in scope is attacking the people and police in 350 US cities and looting and burning buildings to the ground, and the effort is supported by US Citizens of the US, that is serious. Keep on supporting ANTIFA liberals and even the Marines will tire of having their family businesses, homes and cities burned and destroyed. These demonstrations are not about a black man killed by a white policeman. That is just an excuse. You can joke about the current situation like many did in Germany during the 1930s.

@Deplorable Me: SInce when do you or Trump care about science?

The National Guard does a great job as needed fufilling their mission
Absolutely no reason to Call The Marines

@Randy: I am in agreement with the Ovewhelming number of General Officers who are against mobilizing ANY FED troops for this protest

@Rich Wheeler: The difficulty is that this is no longer a protest. It is an insurrection. Just because you disagree, doesn’t make it a valid deployment. When did you take the poll, before the businesses of the families of the armed forces were destroyed or before? You have lost your perspective a long time ago!

I can admire people with a valid cause tp protest. This turned into much more than a protest very quickly. The media, celebrities, and liberals who supported the burning, looting and assaults against the police, secret service and park police as well as the national guard are contributing to an insurrection , not just supporting a protest. If the federal government does pursue ANTIFA as a terrorist organization and uses the RICO Act, there will be a lot of liberals who may be prosecuted.

@Randy:

A lot of people would do well to remember the Civil War.

There is no insurrection. “The insurrection” is a Trumpian stage prop.

There have been widespread protests. There has been civil disobedience. There has also been looting and criminal violence committed by some people under cover of the disturbances, and unwise, reactionary responses on the part of some authorities and law enforcement personnel that have made matters worse.

That is not an insurrection.

@Rich Wheeler:

@Deplorable Me: SInce when do you or Trump care about science?

I love science. Trump followed what the scientific experts were telling him to do to address the epidemic. This hasn’t always worked out that well; the shut down is but one glaring example, especially in light of how all the science advocates suddenly decided it didn’t matter. So, it is the LEFT that doesn’t know what science is.

But a mayor or governor with actual concern for the safety of the citizens has to call the National Guard. When they won’t, or when they won’t allow them to perform their functions, someone that actually cares for the American people instead of about watching a violent left wing upheaval commence has to do what has to be done. Democrats have absolutely failed in every aspect of leadership. That was a very good lesson to be taught just before a major election.

@Greg: Sorry, no, WRONG. This is an insurrection, one the Democrat party is leading, inciting people to be in revolt against the US government. It should be crushed and woe to anyone that chooses to be near it.

@Rich Wheeler: I am sure you opinion based upon liberal reporting will make a difference.

@Randy: Let’s hope so. Good to see Trump on board with this issue

You still got Sen Cotton—anybody else?