Trump Just Made It Worse For Himself By Pushing Mattis Out Early

[babylonsister]

https://www.politicususa.com/2018/12/23/trump-just-made-it-worse-for-himself-by-pushing-mattis-out-early.html

Posted on Sun, Dec 23rd, 2018 by Jason Easley
Trump Just Made It Worse For Himself By Pushing Mattis Out Early


Trump tweeted that Sec. of Defense James Mattis was leaving two months early in what was an obvious attempt to change the bad for him government shutdown coverage.

Trump tweeted:

Link to tweet

Trump is getting killed on the government shutdown, so he is trying to change the subject

Trump’s tactics are so obvious. The government shutdown is creating mountains of bad headlines and coverage for him. The stinging Mattis resignation is still being discussed in the news, so Donald Trump is trying to take control of the news cycle by tossing his resigning Secretary of Defense out the door two months early.

All Trump has accomplished with another impulsive and out of control decision is confirming the stories that he is totally untethered. Trump isn’t “winning the news cycle,” as he is obsessed with doing. The President isn’t changing the storyline or looking like a competent leader.

He is confirming that irrational and governing by the seat of his pants.

Trump didn’t make things better. He made the stories much, much worse when he pushed Mattis out.

[FarPoint]

1. Trump is on a mission....he is with a destructive strategy...

Make no mistake...there is a much bigger picture.....he is surrounding himself with an unconfirmed cabinet.....he will be the only one to make any and all decisions...placed us in harms way....there will be war....soon. I feel it coming.

My sense is...that the Oval Office chat Trump had with Schumer and Pelosi....all planned out by Trump and Company....heck, he NEVER meets with the Democrats and on TV unless it is part of his manipulative scheme....

It was staged by Trump....of course Nancy and Chuck had no prior information that the media was going to film their meeting...it's not their fault...but Trump blatantly used them.

[RKP5637]

5. Starting a war, a wannabee dictator. n/t

[FarPoint]

6. Absolutely...

This is his dismantling of Democracy....everyone in media/Congress don't use their critical thinking skills...look outside the box or look at the big picture....Just step away and look at a chart of all that is dismantled now....Where are our strengths and protections as a Nation?

[MoonRiver]

24. He looked like a demented fool

at that meeting. Took responsibility proudly for the shutdown. Dems are in the cat bird seat. Chump is in deep doo doo.

[jmowreader]

25. Decision-making in this administration has always been done by a triumvirate

Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have been the only ones whose opinions have counted to Trump since he was installed. I think if Trump could get away with it, he would have no Cabinet at all.

[Mr.Bill]

28. Don't forget Stephen Miller

whenever they need to throw a little more bigotry into the mix.

[Harker]

34. He couldn't name his cabinet

without a cue card.

[iluvtennis]

36. Well,his staging went off the rails with his saying "He takes the mantle for the shutdown". He

owns this shitshow.

[FarPoint]

38. That is only part of his plan.....he organized the skit...

stagging for the destruction of Democracy...

[NickB79]

41. I honestly don't think he's that intelligent

[Pluvious]

43. But didn't the Bonespur Buttplug say afterwards he'd been "setup?"

Which only demonstrates he lives in an alternative reality of course

[RKP5637]

2. tRump, brings it all on himself. Incredible! n/t

[FarPoint]

44. I think " Donnie Short Fingers"...

I bet he cheats even playing a Monopoly Game or Chess...

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Okay,what is the real story?

Did Boening's new announcement of further expansion in China in play here ? The smell is intense.

[FarPoint]

8. It has nothing to do with the fella given the Temp Title....

I don't recall his name..it is not important as TRUMP wants to control every aspect of the Defense now....this is the elephant in the room!

We essentially have a Dictator...all essential Cabinet Postilions are filled with unconfirmed empty suits....

[Grasswire2]

9. make that an OP

So people get that picture pronto.

An unconfirmed cabinet.

[FarPoint]

45. I will later when I have a predictable

length of time to respond to the thread I start...maybe tonight....

[Wellstone ruled]

12. Your point is taken.

Trump does not do anything without a Monetary Reward. That has been his life's History.

This move is preemptive in order for him to smack down the House before Jan 3,as a starter. Remember,Graham is playing his game behind the scenes.

[grantcart]

14. Somebody on FOX said something

[Wellstone ruled]

15. Do not know,we have

Fox news blocked on our TV.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. I expect it's Mattis & he can't get out of there nearly as fast as he would like. . . . nt

[Wellstone ruled]

22. Ego's react in different ways,could very well be.

[BootinUp]

4. I'm running out of things to say about this despicable

Excuse for a human being. He literally is a danger to the world.

[elocs]

19. There's nothing new, original, or clever to say about Trump

that hasn't already been said a million times.

[Harker]

35. Yet we continue to post.

Sometimes, though it's already been said, it just feels good to say, "what a complete fuckhead."

He is so unstable and wildly unpredictable that I think there will be continuing opportunities for fresh commentary.

[SWBTATTReg]

7. When I read this article, I couldn't but help think of a ...

whirlpool in a swamp, and rump, and all of his cronies, are caught in the turbulence and slowly being swallowed up by the dark waters. Everyone else is being smart and staying away.

[RKP5637]

13. Yep, the smart ones and/or those who want a stain-free career stay away. Mattis was smart, he told

him to F off and stayed clear of this gross monster whose destructive actions well might suck the US into whatever.

[Arkansas Granny]

10. "Trump is getting killed on the government shutdown, so he is trying to change the subject"

These days Trump careens from one manufactured crisis to the next in order to change the subject.

[SeattleVet]

11. "governing by the seat of his pants"??

I don't think so.

If he were, he'd be bringing along a mASSive amount of experience.

Or maybe they were referring to the mASSive amount of ignorance he typically displays.

[MineralMan]

17. What a pantload!

The seat of his pants is stained and stinky.

[Texin]

16. NYT piece this morning said Shitler doesn't think he needs advisors. He knows best about everything,

so he should just be making all the decisions.

[machoneman]

18. I agree that it seems that he doesn't want any advisors at all.

And even if named as such, he'll ignore them.

[Duppers]

21. The only good thing I see

Is that he's turned a few non-cultists repubs against him.

[workinclasszero]

23. Trump doesn't run this country

Fox & Friends plus Ann Coulter are our overlords now.

May God have mercy on the United States of America.

The Trump cult will have none, that’s for sure!

[jmowreader]

26. More like Fox and Fiends plus Rush Limbaugh

Ann Coulter seems to have thrown in the towel on Trump. Limbaugh is a different story: the reason we have a government shutdown right now is that Limbaugh bullied him into it.

[Pepsidog]

30. Sad

[VOX]

32. His "real" chief of staff? Sean Fucking Hannity.

[workinclasszero]

39. True

Makes you sleep well at night knowing a pack of fascist traitors are in total control of the government huh?

[The Wizard]

27. Like Hitler

but without the warm charm.

[Iliyah]

29. Who has the correct

nuclear codes?

[The Liberal Lion]

31. Funny that trump said this before I suppose he read Mattis letter

“General Jim Mattis will be retiring, with distinction, at the end of February, after having served my Administration as Secretary of Defense for the past two years. During Jim’s tenure, tremendous progress has been made, especially with respect to the purchase of new fighting equipment. General Mattis was a great help to me in getting allies and other countries to pay their share of military obligations. A new Secretary of Defense will be named shortly. I greatly thank Jim for his service."


Funny how things change so quickly with that orange ass. Here he is after I guess he comprehended the Mattis letter:
When President Obama ingloriously fired Jim Mattis, I gave him a second chance. Some thought I shouldn’t, I thought I should. Interesting relationship-but I also gave all of the resources that he never really had. Allies are very important-but not when they take advantage of U.S.

[VOX]

33. "He will be great! Until he says something I don't like, and then he'll be un-great!

"I get the best people!"

[pwb]

37. Make America worse for once.....Thats Trump legacy.

.

[Buckeyeblue]

40. JFC...I can't keep track of who is who I his cabinet

[brooklynite]

42. Please stop this...

Nobody who alleges that Trump is doing "B" because he's being criticized for "A" can show any evidence that Trump thinks strategically. Trump is reacting to the reporting that Mattis implicitly criticized his Syria action. It's impulse, nothing more.