Mattis: Trump Is A Threat To The Constitution

Former Secretary of Defense, Gen. James Mattis, has delivered a stark and unmistakable message to his former boss:  Donald Trump is a threat to the US Constitution.

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It is, without a doubt, one of the most unprecedented condemnations of a sitting president in modern political history.  The highly respected 4-star General and former Trump administration defense secretary — once affectionately referred to by Trump as “Mad Dog Mattis” — lashing out publicly against the current commander in chief of the US military.  If it sounds like a dream, rest assured it is a nightmare for Donald Trump.

After witnessing the week-long protests that have engulfed the nation, the tear-gassing of American citizens so as to clear the area for a bizarre Trump photo-op outside St. John’s Church, as well as the threats by Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy the United States Military onto the streets of America against its own citizens, Gen. Mattis decided enough was enough and went public with his thoughts.

“I have watched this week’s unfolding events, angry and appalled,” Mattis began. “The words ‘Equal Justice Under Law’ are carved in the pediment of the United States Supreme Court. This is precisely what protesters are rightly demanding. It is a wholesome and unifying demand—one that all of us should be able to get behind. We must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers. The protests are defined by tens of thousands of people of conscience who are insisting that we live up to our values—our values as people and our values as a nation.  We must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our Constitution.

“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 continued. “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.”

Mattis then carved a contrast between American unity and Nazi ideology.

“Instructions given by the military departments to our troops before the Normandy invasion reminded soldiers that ‘The Nazi slogan for destroying us … was “Divide and Conquer.” Our American answer is “In Union there is Strength.”’ We must summon that unity to surmount this crisis—confident that we are better than our politics.”

Next, the general spoke from a personal perspective.

“When I joined the military, some 50 years ago, I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution. Never did I dream that troops taking that same oath would be ordered under any circumstance to violate the Constitutional rights of their fellow citizens—much less to provide a bizarre photo op for the elected commander-in-chief, with military leadership standing alongside.”

Gen. Mattis then closed his remarks with a bang.

“We must reject any thinking of our cities as a ‘battlespace’ that our uniformed military is called upon to ‘dominate.’ At home, we should use our military only when requested to do so, on very rare occasions, by state governors. Militarizing our response, as we witnessed in Washington, D.C., sets up a conflict—a false conflict—between the military and civilian society. It erodes the moral ground that ensures a trusted bond between men and women in uniform and the society they are sworn to protect, and of which they themselves are a part. Keeping public order rests with civilian state and local leaders who best understand their communities and are answerable to them.”

The public rebuke of Donald Trump came on a day when current Defense Secretary Mark Esper distanced himself from the military police melee that led to ‘The Donald’s’ photo-op outside of The White House.  The words also preceded the formal charging of the other 3 Minneapolis police officers who stood by as George Floyd shouted “I Can’t Breathe” before losing his life.

To read the full text of Gen. Mattis’ remarks, click HERE.

Stay tuned for Trump’s angry response and predictable lash out against Mattis and Esper in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…

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