U.S. President Donald Trump (C) talks to the media between Defense Secretary James Mattis (L) and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly during a briefing with senior military leaders at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 5, 2017. Reuters
Tom Dispatch: Danny Sjursen, Ringing in a New Year of War
On December 9th, the Washington Post covered Donald Trump's offhand, if long expected, announcement of the ousting of retired Marine General John Kelly from an embattled White House. Its report focused on the chief of staff’s “rocky tenure” there with a nod to his many merits, among them that he “often talked the president out of his worst impulses.” Buried deep in the piece, though, was a single line that caught my eye (and possibly that of no one else on this planet): “Kelly told others that among his biggest accomplishments was keeping the president from making rash military moves, such as removing troops from sensitive zones.”
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WNU Editor: My must read post for today. On a side note (and prediction). In 2020 President Trump will be running on three main issues, and these are the issues that will help re-elect him. They are .... the economy. Border security. And the withdrawal of U.S. forces from war-zones that show no signs of ever ending.