Gen. Milley on Joe about the time when Joe met Hur.
"How people interpret that is up to them, but I engage with him frequently and alert, sound, does his homework, reads the papers, reads all the read-ahead material. And he's very, very engaging in issues of very serious matters of war and peace and life and death," Milley said. "So if the American people are worried about an individual who is, you know, someone who's making decisions of war and peace and has access to, you know, makes the decisions of nuclear weapons and that sort of thing, I think they can rest easy."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaYI1cx ... =60MinutesGen. Mattis on Trump:
“Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not even pretend to try. Instead he tries to divide us,” Mattis said in a statement obtained by CNN.
“We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society. This will not be easy, as the past few days have shown, but we owe it to our fellow citizens; to past generations that bled to defend our promise; and to our children.”
Gen. Allen on Trump:
“Donald Trump isn’t religious, has no need of religion, and doesn’t care about the devout, except insofar as they serve his political needs. The President failed to project any of the higher emotions or leadership desperately needed in every quarter of this nation during this dire moment,” Allen wrote.
“We know why he did all this on Monday. He even said so while holding the Bible and standing in front of the church. It was about MAGA—’making America great again,’” he continued.
Allen told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Thursday that he watched Monday’s events unfold “with horror, frankly.”
“That is what happens in authoritarian regimes. That is what happens in illiberal regimes” he continued. “It doesn’t happen in the United States, and we shouldn’t tolerate it.”
Bill Barr:
Someone who engaged in that kind of bullying about a process that is fundamental to our system and to our self-government shouldn’t be anywhere near the Oval Office.
Mark Esper:
I think he’s unfit for office. … He puts himself before country. His actions are all about him and not about the country. And then, of course, I believe he has integrity and character issues as well.
Gen. Mark Milley: We don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator. We take an oath to the Constitution and we take an oath to the idea that is America – and we’re willing to die to protect it.
Rex Tillerson:
Trump’s understanding of global events, his understanding of global history, his understanding of US history was really limited. It’s really hard to have a conversation with someone who doesn’t even understand the concept for why we’re talking about this.
HR McMaster:
We saw the absence of leadership, really anti-leadership, and what that can do to our country.
John Bolton:
I believe foreign leaders think he is a laughing fool.
John Kelly:
A person that has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, our Constitution, and the rule of law. There is nothing more that can be said. God help us.
Mick Mulvaney:
I quit because I think he failed at being the president when we needed him to be that.
Anthony Scaramucci:
He is the domestic terrorist of the 21st century.
Stephanie Grisham:
I am terrified of him running in 2024.
Betsy DeVos:
When I saw what was happening on January 6 and didn’t see the president step in and do what he could have done to turn it back or slow it down or really address the situation, it was just obvious to me that I couldn’t continue.
Richard Spencer:
The president has very little understanding of what it means to be in the military, to fight ethically or to be governed by a uniform set of rules and practices.
Tom Bossert:
The President undermined American democracy baselessly for months. As a result, he’s culpable for this siege, and an utter disgrace.
Michael Cohen:
Donald’s an idiot.
Ty Cobb:
Trump relentlessly puts forth claims that are not true.
Looks like Trump really only hired the best.
