'Dangerous,' 'unfit,' and 'felony stupid': The most revealing quotes from Jim Mattis

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

on Trump's presidency in Bob Woodward's bombshell book

Retired Marine Corps Gen. Jim Mattis, who served as President Donald Trump's defense secretary before resigning, has largely kept his thoughts on the commander-in-chief to himself, but Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward's book "Rage" offers new insight into his views of the president and this administration.

The quotes, which came from Mattis or were attributed to him by his colleagues who spoke to Woodward, paint a picture of a man troubled by an immoral and misinformed president who he sees contributing to the deterioration and decline of America.

These are some of the most revealing quotes from Mattis on Trump and his presidency in Woodward's book:

On dealing with Trump, Mattis said: ""I was often trying to impose reason over impulse. And you see where I wasn't able to, because the tweets would get out there."

On the president's morality, Mattis reportedly said: "The president has no moral compass." (Former Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats is said to have agreed, saying: "To him, a lie is not a lie. It's just what he thinks. He doesn't know the difference between the truth and a lie.&quot

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[Blue Owl]

1. K&R

[Miguelito Loveless]

2. The moral trouble apparently was insufficient

to cause him to do what was right, or speak up publicly after the fact.

[get the red out]

3. He doesn't owe silence to criminals

It isn't an administration, it is a criminal organization. How can anyone "owe silence" to that?

[procon]

4. That's still called Dereliction of Duty

Matt is was at the top of the food chain, he took an oath to put his country over everything else. He failed to live up to te ultimate test of any good leader; honor and self sacrifice vs obsequious capitulation to a mass murdering traitor.

Good call, sir, although you might want to change your call name from. "Mad Dog" to "Lap Dog", know what I'm sayin' there, Dude?