Trump Gets Torched by Four-Star General Over War!!
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What criticisms did General Mattis have about Trump's war strategy?
Donald Trump was just torched by his former defense secretary, General James Mad Dog Mattis. He served as Donald Trump's defense secretary during Trump's first term from 2017 to 2018. General Mattis, who is a four-star general, says that Donald Trump has no plan at all when it comes to this disastrous war in Iran. General Mattis says it will take at least 8 to 12 years to try to rebuild Iran. America's relationships with our former allies after Donald Trump eviscerated it by attacking NATO, by attacking our former allies. And General Mattis makes it clear that he believes that this Iranian regime is not going to be toppled. They are not going to crack. and that Donald Trump is utterly failing right now.
I want to show you what General Mattis said when he appeared on PBS's Firing Line with Margaret Hoover. This deserves to get more attention because let me also be clear, In addition to being a four-star retired general, General Mattis served in that region in leadership roles in the Middle East, probably with more experience than any living person today. First off, after the revolution in 1979 in Iran, General Mattis was in the region. He saw firsthand how the Iranian regime engaged in terrorist attacks throughout the region. He also led troops in the Persian Gulf War, in the war in Afghanistan, as well as the Iraq War. He headed the U.S. Joint Forces Command and the U.S.
What does General Mattis believe about the Iranian regime's stability?
Central Command from 2010 to 2013. overseeing operations across the Middle East, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Yemen. Then he served as Donald Trump's defense secretary. You'll recall that somewhere right around the end of December of 2018, he resigned because he didn't like what he saw Donald Trump doing foreign policy wise. Then Donald Trump acted like he fired General Mattis, but General Mattis said Nope, I absolutely resign. So let me show you what went down on this PBS program. This first clip I'm going to show you, General Mattis says that he believes that the regime, the Iranian regime, will not fall. that Donald Trump does not have any coherent plans at all, and that we absolutely need allies.
We need NATO. We need to have friends in the world. Otherwise, doing anything internationally, engaging in any wars, it's impossible. And again, this comes at a time where earlier today, earlier yesterday, Donald Trump's been posting attacks on NATO. NATO is a paper tiger, right? It comes as Doug Burgum, Donald Trump's Interior Secretary, is saying, ah, it seems like the United States right now is much closer to Russia and other countries in Russia's orbit than to NATO. Watch General Mattis eviscerate Donald Trump. Let's play this clip right here.
How does Trump's foreign policy affect America's allies?
How would you estimate the likelihood of the regime's falling?
I do not believe the regime will fall in the near future. Now, understand, war is fundamentally unpredictable. Fundamentally, that is part of war. So what I'm saying could be completely reversed in 24 hours, but I think it is very unlikely that that regime will fall anytime soon. I think we're going to have to deal with it. So how do you deal with it? I'd suggest that America has got some of the greatest strengths, our economy, our education system. We have ways of engaging with the world no other country has. And yes, we need a very strong military to defend this idea of a democracy. But at the same time, if we don't use all of our strengths, and there I would point to allies, without them, we're not going to get there.
You say in your memoir, nations with allies thrive. Those without them die. Whether we like it or not, we are part of a world that needs allies. And yet President Trump has said, we don't need anybody. We're the strongest nation in the world. So can the United States succeed in this war without allies other than Israel?
No.
What is your sense of the biggest concerns from our allies right now?
Well, there are many of the same concerns that we hear from our fellow citizens. America is becoming predatory. America is as unreliable. They say one thing and they change. seven days later or two days later so there's a sense that we are not a reliable security partner right now the first time nato went to war was after we were attacked and one of the countries that lost as many boys per capita fighting alongside us after america was attacked on 9 11 was denmark
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What criticisms did General Mattis have about Trump's war strategy?
0:00–1:51
2
What does General Mattis believe about the Iranian regime's stability?
1:51–3:24
3
How does Trump's foreign policy affect America's allies?
3:24–5:38
4
What is the timeline for rebuilding relationships with allies according to General Mattis?
5:38–8:38
5
How does General Mattis view the importance of NATO?
8:38–11:10
6
What challenges does the U.S. face in dealing with the Iranian regime?
11:10–19:50