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October 5 - November 23, 2022
A Marine to the end, Kelly declined for years after he left to be openly critical of the commander in chief except for occasional remarks amid extreme circumstances. But several people who spoke with him said he described Trump as a “fascist,” uninterested in history or geography, and uniquely unfit for the job of leading a constitutional democracy.
Ha! Ha!Ha!Ha! Yes, this about sums up the EX·p.O.T.U.S. ...
Esper had not directly criticized the commander in chief, but his predecessor, Jim Mattis, finally delivered the rebuke of Trump he had held in for years. “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 told the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, before invoking “the Nazi slogan for destroying us . . . ‘Divide and Conquer.’ “We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort,” Mattis went on. “We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature
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No kidding!!!
Earlier that day, former president George W. Bush, who had remained largely silent during Trump’s presidency, condemned domestic “extremism” and the “malign forces” in the country. “So much of our politics has become a naked appeal to anger, fear and resentment,” he said in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, near where one of four hijacked planes had crashed into a field on September 11. He never mentioned Trump directly.
WoW; when you agree with H.W. ...
When the tide sank, all boats were lowered. Trump had proven that the majority of Washington Republicans who had initially opposed him were exactly as craven as he had said they were, as he bent them to his will because they saw personal opportunity or necessity for survival, even after the Capitol riot.
Sadly, this type of craven behavior is also present on the Left. America, seemingly the world is devolving rapidly ...
