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As Trump rages over his wall, Mattis's resignation hints at an alarming truth
The Plum Line • Opinion
As Trump rages over his wall, Mattis’s resignation hints at an alarming truth
By Greg Sargent
December 21 at 10:17 AM
President Trump just raged on Twitter that there will be a government shutdown “for a very long time” if Senate Democrats — and Republicans — do not vote to give him $5 billion for his wall. This comes after the House passed the funding, convincing Trump that he can now force the Senate to follow suit.
Democrats must not cave to Trump on this. And another compelling reason for this can be found in the startling letter of resignation that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis tendered, even as House Republicans were doing Trump’s bidding on the wall.
Mattis’s explanation for his resignation should force a much-needed public debate on something that still doesn’t get the forthright treatment it deserves: Trump is not operating out of any meaningful conception of what’s in the national interest.
Mattis’s letter does not quite say this. But it comes awfully close:
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Greg Sargent writes The Plum Line blog. He joined The Post in 2010, after stints at Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine and the New York Observer. Follow https://twitter.com/theplumlinegs
As Trump rages over his wall, Mattis’s resignation hints at an alarming truth
By Greg Sargent
December 21 at 10:17 AM
President Trump just raged on Twitter that there will be a government shutdown “for a very long time” if Senate Democrats — and Republicans — do not vote to give him $5 billion for his wall. This comes after the House passed the funding, convincing Trump that he can now force the Senate to follow suit.
Democrats must not cave to Trump on this. And another compelling reason for this can be found in the startling letter of resignation that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis tendered, even as House Republicans were doing Trump’s bidding on the wall.
Mattis’s explanation for his resignation should force a much-needed public debate on something that still doesn’t get the forthright treatment it deserves: Trump is not operating out of any meaningful conception of what’s in the national interest.
Mattis’s letter does not quite say this. But it comes awfully close:
{snip}
Greg Sargent writes The Plum Line blog. He joined The Post in 2010, after stints at Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine and the New York Observer. Follow https://twitter.com/theplumlinegs
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