Former Defense Secretary Mattis Issues Stunning Rebuke Of Trump
Jim Mattis, who resigned as Trump's defense secretary nearly a year-and-a-half ago, accuses the president of dividing the nation and warns against "militarizing our response" to protests.
Retired Marine Gen. Jim Mattis, who resigned as President Trump's defense secretary nearly a year-and-a-half ago over policy differences, has issued an extraordinary critique of the White House's handling of nationwide unrest, saying Trump has sought to divide Americans, and warning against "militarizing our response" to the protests.
"When I joined the military, some 50 years ago, I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution," Mattis said in a statement published in The Atlantic.
"Never did I dream that troops taking that same oath would be
