Trump on James Mattis :'If he doesn't get that waiver there will be a lot of angry people' -

[dixiegrrrrl]

"Nice country ya got here..be a shame if anything happened to it".

geez..even Tony Soprano was more subtle.......

[spanone]

1. why the fuck should he get a waiver, hey don? the law is the law.

[Maru Kitteh]

2. It's been a couple days since he threatened us with violence. Why not?

[doc03]

3. A Trumpster told me yesterday that Colin Powell got a waiver

and he added because he is black. Is this true?

[Ilsa]

4. Powell was SoS, not SecDef.

The time issue is for military leadership becoming SecDef, isn't it?

[doc03]

5. Both civilian Cabinet positions, right? Did Powell need a waiver? nt

[Ilsa]

6. It's not about it being a civilian cabinet position.

Ensuring civilian control of the military, an individual may not be appointed as Secretary of Defense within seven years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular (i.e., non-reserve) component of an armed force.

The Secretary of Defense is in the chain of command and exercises command and control, for both operational and administrative purposes subject only to the orders of the President, over all Department of Defense forces: the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force.

Since the SoS isn't directing the military, there isn't a conflict. Your trumperer friends are WRONG on their history.

[doc03]

8. OK that must be the talking point they received from Fox nt

[MFM008]

7. FUCK YOU MAGGOT

Drop dead.

[uponit7771]

9. +1, this should be the default reply to DPutin

[ecstatic]

10. So much for the "law and order" Rump keeps referring too.

Clearly, it doesn't apply to him.