president trump saying when you leave an administration you owe some silence. that silence in contrast to a scathing op ed in the new york times by another top military officer. his name is admirable william mcraven. he was the man who oversaw that raid that killed osama bin laden. he writes that the country is under attack from within. he writes, quote, if this president does not demonstrate the leadership that america needs both domestically and abroad, then it is time for a new person in the oval office. republican, democrat, or independent he writes the sooner the better the fate of our republic depends upon it. general mccaffrey is back, as is our table here. general, your reaction to those words from admirable mcraven. harsh words for the commander in chief. well, i know both mattis and mcraven, mattis the warrior monk defense intellectual very cerebral guy. the mad dog, he is a very
policy, in effect. i think he s probably going a little bit slow. but what he said at the al smith dinner i think really touched a nerve. i think a lot of what trump s mentality is when it comes to the chest thumping and the tough language on military issues when he s actually weak comes from the fact that he s deeply insecure about the fact that he did not go to vietnam. and he used bone spurs as an excuse. and so he is covering that shameful period in his life with this tough talk about, you know, you name it. and so i actually think what mattis said really touched a nerve. you know, he didn t get into, first of all, that dinner is it s not exactly the place where you are going to give a real long critique on foreign policy. but he touched a nerve. and i appreciate him saying what he said. hopefully he says more. i d love to hear some of the senate republicans and house
lifetime retirement income from tiaa doesn t. guaranteed monthly income for life. nooooo! i m not just an overrated general. i am the greatest, the world s most overrated. [ laughter ] some of you were kind during the reception and asked me, you know, if this bothered me to have been rated this way based on what donald trump said. i said of course not. i earned my spurs on the battlefield, martin as you pointed out and donald trump earned his spurs in the letter from a doctor. that was president trump s former defense secretary general james mattis with a rare jab at his former boss at what they call the al smith dinner here in new york city last night. general mattis has refrained from speaking out against
june in miami is trying to fill rooms. june in miami is hot. it s beginning of hurricane season down there. it has a lower occupancy rate. i believe it s the second lowest of any month during the year. you know, which we point out as we were discussing here at the table, the president spends time at his mar-a-lago resort. it s also in south florida. he spends time there from november to april. he doesn t go there in june because it s too hot. this is something he s pushed for a while. he misses no opportunity to promote his brands. again, he s unapologetic about it. yes, because he hasn t had to face the consequence. remember when kelly ann conway was admonished for pushing ivanka trump s clothing? so now you have mick mulvaney clearly violating the you have the president violating the amol yumts clause. he s doing it in plain sietd. this is sort of a remarkable
500,000 people on the streets that have sometimes turned violent. we are going to continue to keep our eye on it. but that s going to wrap up this hour for me. i m chris jansing. you can always find me on twitter. have a good weekend, everybody. deadline: white house with peter alexander in for nicolle wallace starts right now. it is 4:00 here in new york. i m peter alexander in today for my friend nicolle wallace. unrelenting news in the impeachment inquiry with donald trump. we are watching capitol hill as the clock ticks down on subpoena deadlines tonight for two top trump administration officials at the heart of this ukraine scandal. trump s energy secretary rick perry who was identified this week as one of the, quote, three amigos tapped with carrying out the president s pressure campaign against ukraine and who incidentally just notified the president that he plans to resign soon. and acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney who is expected to defy his subpoena as he