When It Comes to Trump, Mattis Is No Hero
In this country, the efficacy and morality of a president’s foreign-policy goals are debated in the public arena and decided on Election Day. We are not ruled by generals.
James Mattis
Mattis Told Then-DNI Coats They May Be Forced to Take ‘Collective Action’ against ‘Unfit’ Trump, According to New Woodward Book
The book, set to be released next week, covers Trump’s handling of the pandemic, race relations, North Korea among other issues.
Who Were the Never Trumpers and What Motivated Them?
A review of Never Trump: The Revolt of the Conservative Elites, by Robert P. Saldin and Steven M. Teles.
Did Truman Really Call MacArthur That?
It seems unlikely.
Trump Struggles to Mend Fences with the Military
He should be careful not to alienate the Armed Forces in an election year.
Not-So-Swift Smear
The generals have allowed their personal contempt of the president to affect their previous good judgment to the detriment of their own stature and others.
Muy macho, &c.
On Donald Trump, James Mattis, Tony Dungy, Bill de Blasio, LeBron James, and more.
In Defense of James Mattis
Mattis’s broader point that the president is needlessly divisive and seems at times to think of the military as a meretricious prop is true.
Not-So-Retiring Retired Military Leaders
In a time of crisis, their synchronized chorus of complaints, falsehoods, and partisan appeals to resistance threaten the very constitutional order they claim to revere.