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But he had a central, running argument with Trump concerning allies. Mattis saw that the Europeans in NATO, the Middle east, South Korea and Japan were essential. The relationships needed to be nurtured and protected.
"All the victories," he said, "were becoming just submerged by this mercurial, capricious tweeting form of decision making."
What, Mattis wondered, made Trump think anyone could make it alone in this world? What reading of history, what intellectual thought could give a person any confidence in that? A country always needed allies, he was sure. A person always needed allies. And this was the tragedy of Trump's leadership and the bottom line: "It was inexplicable to think otherwise. It was indefensible. It was jingoism. It was a misguided form of nationalism. It was not patriotism."
Trump's impact on the country would be lasting. "This degradation of the American experiment is real. This is tangible. Truth is no longer governing the White House statements. Nobody believes - even the people who believe in him somehow believe in him without believing what he says."
"All the victories," he said, "were becoming just submerged by this mercurial, capricious tweeting form of decision making."
What, Mattis wondered, made Trump think anyone could make it alone in this world? What reading of history, what intellectual thought could give a person any confidence in that? A country always needed allies, he was sure. A person always needed allies. And this was the tragedy of Trump's leadership and the bottom line: "It was inexplicable to think otherwise. It was indefensible. It was jingoism. It was a misguided form of nationalism. It was not patriotism."
Trump's impact on the country would be lasting. "This degradation of the American experiment is real. This is tangible. Truth is no longer governing the White House statements. Nobody believes - even the people who believe in him somehow believe in him without believing what he says."
