President Trump denounced former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday, saying at a Cabinet meeting he “essentially” fired the former Marine Corps general from the top Pentagon post.
“What’s he done for me? How had he done in Afghanistan? Not too good,” Trump said. “As you know, President Obama fired him, and essentially so did I. I want results.”
The meeting was attended by Mattis’ replacement, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan.
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“Syria was lost long ago,” Trump said at the Cabinet meeting. “We are talking about sand and death. We are not taking about vast wealth.”
Trump brandished a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the gathering, saying the men would meet soon for a second summit. If they had not met for a June summit in Singapore, there would have been “a big fat war in Asia,” Trump said.
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"What's he done for me? How had he done in Afghanistan? Not too good," Trump said of Mattis, whom he claims to have "essentially" fired https://t.co/B4fJW7pQ3o
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) January 2, 2019
Trump enablers in the conservative media lining up to support this disastrous hour of rambling, spaced-out, dissembling word salad in 3…2…1… https://t.co/kcQlQwkGv2
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 2, 2019
Then, Trump is asked about Afghanistan. Trump immediately blames "the generals" for fighting in AFG for 19 (?) years. Talks about Mattis like Mattis was a suck-up trying to get money, and then: "But what has he done for me?" Lays all of this on the military. This is ghastly.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 2, 2019
Trump rips General Mattis: "What's he ever done for me?"
Trump, in a nutshell: He doesn't care about ANYTHING else but himself. He doesn't care about his family, he doesn't care about a wall, he doesn't care about America. Trump only cares about Trump. https://t.co/qLA7nNQrwf
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) January 2, 2019
Trump just now: “I think I would’ve been a great general but who knows?”
Everyone knows.
— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) January 2, 2019
Jesus Holy Christmas https://t.co/Ud5EJnyNSt
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 2, 2019
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