For months, the DOD has been quietly instituting a policy to keep defense leaders away from the press and safely out of President Donald Trump’s sight, according to a Wednesday Defense One report.
Only one senior military leader and one civilian leader can appear at “non-government” events — ranging from interviews to panels to conferences — per day.
“You and I both know what this is: an attempt to minimize the department’s profile to the President,” a former senior military official told Defense One. “Fewer speakers means fewer headlines means fewer angry tweets from the Lincoln bedroom.”
This is obviously the policy of “Mad Dog” Mattis. He continues to serve the country by being a filter between the orange shithead and the military.
His acquiescence to the stupid deployment of troops to the border is a good example. He went along with the stupidity because he knows the troops won’t actually get involved in anything other than some photo-ops, but it keeps the shithead from trying to take personal charge of them.
For the duration.
Honest to God. Instead of working to oust the unstable, demented fool in the WH they instead move to protect themselves from angry tweets…and we used to be the most powerful country in the world. What the hell have we become?
“the DOD has been quietly instituting a policy to keep defense leaders away from the press and safely out of President Donald Trump’s sight”
…this whole admission is just … sad!
what would you suggest they do? A military coup?