Kelly and Mattis discussed literally tackling Trump in the event he ‘lunges for the nuclear football’: report
New York Magazine contributing editor Gabriel Sherman on Tuesday reported on a remarkable conversation he had with a senior Republican official, who described conversations Donald Trump’s chief of staff Gen. John Kelly and defense secretary James Mattis have had about “physically [restraining] the president” in the event he “[lunges] for the nuclear football.”
Sherman was discussing the growing concern in the West Wing over Trump’s temperament, particularly as the president continues to escalate feuds with prominent Republicans like Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) while simultaneously setting the United States “on the path to World War III.”
“A conversation I had with a very prominent Republican today, who literally was saying that they imagine Gen. Kelly and Secretary Mattis have had conversations that if Trump lunged for the nuclear football, what would they do?” Sherman told NBC’s Chris Hayes. “Would they tackle him? I mean literally, physically restrain him from putting the country at perilous risk.”
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.@gabrielsherman: GOP source says Kelly & Mattis discuss what to do if Trump lunges for the nuclear football #inners https://t.co/porBwgBB2V
— All In w/Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) October 11, 2017
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Kelly and Mattis discussed literally tackling Trump in the event he ‘lunges for the nuclear football’: report https://t.co/uF8DtDnJzC
— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 11, 2017
Temperament?
More like derangement.
Kelly really has his hands full trying to play caretaker to a mentally ill president.
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