“In the federal system we don’t wear badges with our name. Agents don’t wear badges with their names and stuff like that, which many … non-federal police agencies do. And I could understand why some of these individuals simply wouldn’t want to talk to people about who they were if that in fact was the case.”
—Attorney General William Barr, defending the use of unidentified officers to disperse protesters.
“I’m kind of horrified by seeing the junta-looking Guard guys around D.C. I hate the optics of it.”
—Former Green Beret Col. Robert Wilson, on the sudden appearance of Utah National Guard troops facing off with an angry crowd near the White House on Wednesday.
“The slide of the United States into illiberalism may well have begun on June 1, 2020. Remember the date…. Donald Trump isn’t religious, has no need of religion, and doesn’t care about the devout, except insofar as they serve his political needs. He failed to project any of the higher emotions or leadership desperately needed in every quarter of this nation during this dire moment.”
—Gen. John Allen (US Marines Ret.), in an essay published online by Foreign Policy magazine Wednesday.
“The president did not fire him. He did not ask for his resignation. The president has clearly forgotten how it actually happened or is confused.”
—Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, in defense of Gen. Jim Mattis who Donald Trump claimed he fired.
“John Kelly didn’t know I was going to fire James Mattis, nor did he have any knowledge of my asking for a letter of resignation. Why would I tell him, he was not … in my inner-circle, was totally exhausted by the job, and in the end just slinked away into obscurity. They all want to come back for a piece of the limelight!”
–Trump, on Kelly. [It’s a mystery how Trump finds time to be president while responding to each and every critic. 75 tweets just yesterday.]
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Your last sentence implies a non-existent mystery. Tweeting =Trump’s presidency
And besides, Bungling Bunker Boy has magic and makes time for everything important to him; rather than the country. You know, hiding in the bunker, scared of the American people, erecting barriers around the WH, tear gassing people to be able to take a photo-op with a bible in his hand in front of the church, denouncing the unfair treatment he gets from the press, and so forth. Things like that do fill up ones day. Then he rushes to watch cable news/commentary so he can find something or someone to tweet about and likely have cookies and milk like little boys do. Wonder if he still sucks on his thumb.
If trump took time to actually “govern”, just think how much trouble this country would be in.
I’ve thought the same many times and find he governs best from the golf course.
WOW…JUNE 06 2020 another Trump day for ASWELL’S HATEFUL DOZEN.
And proud to be a bastion against Bungling Bully Bunker Boy. Thanks for the compliment Jim.
..the irony of describing anyone that opposes Trump as hateful.
So I guess the two former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and retired General Mattis are Trump haters also.
If you read their statements, then I can’t imagine how they could be considered “haters”. For those of us that served under them, the fact that they both felt the need to make those statements is a staggering indictment of this president.
Other than you got the wrong date on your June 5 comment, Jim…
Mr. Winham….I still say there is something inherently “unAmerican” to be governed by a “tweeter!” And, I strongly feel that no nation can survive being governed by lies and liars….especially those that tweet!