Retired top general joins Mattis dissent from Trump, warns of 'beginning of the end' for democracy if troops are used against protests.
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Allen, the former commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said Trump’s halting Rose Garden speech in which he declared himself the “president of law and order,” the use of tear gas on protesters outside the White House and the church photo op that followed Monday was a “stunning” moment and potentially a pivotal one.
“Donald Trump expressed only the barest of condolences at the murder of George Floyd, but he also said nothing about the fundamental and underlying reasons for the unrest: systemic racism and inequality, a historic absence of respect, and a denial of justice,” Allen wrote. “Yes, he mentioned George Floyd, but he did not touch on long-standing societal problems at all. He sees the crisis as a black problem — not as something to be addressed by creating the basis and impetus for a move toward social justice, but as an opportunity to use force to portray himself as a ‘law and order’ president.
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Right on the heels of,
Republicans stand by Esper after public break with Trump
To even the casual observer, Monday was awful for the United States and its democracy. The president’s speech was calculated to project his abject and arbitrary power, but he failed to project any of the higher emotions or leadership desperately needed in every quarter of this nation during this dire moment. And while Monday was truly horrific, no one should have been surprised. Indeed, the moment was clarifying in so many ways.
Superb article. Thank you for posting this.
This was my favorite part of what retired General John Allen wrote:
I agree wholeheartedly.
Yep. That last paragraph you quoted of Allen's is a great analysis of Trump's Monday Night PR op.Superb article. Thank you for posting this.
This was my favorite part of what retired General John Allen wrote:
I agree wholeheartedly.
Tough words, but I agree.Patriots agree. Traitors defend the actions of Trump. They want a King...well they want THEIR king. They'd hate it if Obama were King, and they'd then all of a sudden care about the rights and liberties of the People. You can't trust these two-faced fascists. All they want is THEIR power in control. There is no thought for the Republic, there is no thought for the rights and liberties of the Individual, there is no thought towards small and controlled government. Just THEIR control.
Trump is awesome.
President Trump agreed on Thursday to begin sending home 82nd Airborne Division troops he had ordered to Washington, temporarily easing a contentious standoff with the Pentagon over the role of the armed forces in quelling protests that have broken out across the nation.
What appeared on Thursday to be an uneasy truce between the White House and Pentagon did not mean that the conflict was over. While Mr. Trump’s advisers counseled him not to fire Mr. Esper, the president spent much of the day privately railing about the defense secretary, who along with Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, opposed the president’s desire to send regular troops into the nation’s cities.
Putin agrees.
Why would Vladimir Putin be displeased with President Trump? The Russian collusion investigation was fraudulent and ridiculous.
“Donald Trump expressed only the barest of condolences at the murder of George Floyd, but he also said nothing about the fundamental and underlying reasons for the unrest: systemic racism and inequality, a historic absence of respect, and a denial of justice,” Allen wrote. “Yes, he mentioned George Floyd, but he did not touch on long-standing societal problems at all. He sees the crisis as a black problem — not as something to be addressed by creating the basis and impetus for a move toward social justice, but as an opportunity to use force to portray himself as a ‘law and order’ president.
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