republicans that soon more sort of establishment republicans would speak out. it sounds like jim mattis is doing that. this is a warning. this is not simply an interesting story but a warningd i do think it s time for 2020. laura: this is the same guy that said the iraq war would last 2 or 3 months. okay? sitting among the first thoughts we heard on that new jim mattis kristol who is always wrong and never in doubt.t. the anti-trump zealots were referring to this passage where mattis is writing using every skill i learned during by decades as a marine i did as well as i could for as long as is i could.with my strategic ad, keeping safe with allies no longer resonated texas was time
those. that s something that will be his real legacy. he thwarted the president at every step. laura: this goes back to the original appointment of mattis. it was a mistake. trump should not have appointed someone who disagreed with his fundamental outlook. more important, jim mattis who obviously was a clinton supporter, had not voted for donald trump. laura: right. that s a given. he had an obligation to tell the president, i appreciate the offer and i wish you well, but you really ought to look for someone who actually supports you, mr. president, because i don t. he didn t do that. instead he was inside the administration. laura: you think he took the job to put a monkey wrench yes, look at the people he appointed all over the pentagon. these were people from the left. they were obama people. some going back to bush but mostly obama.
those. that s something that will be his real legacy. he thwarted the president at every step.he was not the loyal- . laura: this goes back to the original appointment of mattis, which was a mistake. trump should not have appointed someone who disagreed with hisnt fundamental non-interventionist outlook. more important, jim mattis who obviously was a clinton supporter, had not voted for donald trump. laura: right. that s a given. he had an obligation, if he s a true professional, to tell dothe president, i appreciate te offer and i wish you well, but you really ought to look for someone who actually supports you, mr. president, because i don t. he didn t do that. instead he was inside the administration.ou laura: you think he took the job to put a monkey wrench yes, look at the people he appointed all over the pentagon. these were people from the left. they were obama people. some going back to bush but mostly obama.
laura: why did they do it? why the bad staff decision? we had jeff sessions on and ilie still like him, but he was not the right pick obviously for doj. mattis stabs the president inth, tell all. i think part of the issue is that the president is kind of caught up in the stars on the shoulders. laura: mad dog mattis. i don t think that he believed that he would do anything to subvert him.he wase, the stars in the eyes. laura: i want to talk about mattis s own credibility. let s put up this excerptof this is also in the book. this is what he said about what concerns him most. what concerns him most as a military man is not our external laboratories but our internal
laura: why the bad staff decision? we had jeff sessions on and i still like him. but he was not the right pick obviously for doj. mattis stabs the president in the back in this tell-all. i think part of the issue is that the president is kind of caught up in the stars on the shoulders. laura: mad dog mattis. i don t think that he believed he would do anything to subvert him. the stars in the eyes. laura: i want to talk about mattis s own credibilitibility. credibility. let s put up this excerpt: