Puppet Masters

Trump says "highly overrated" former Defense Sec Mattis stopped him assassinating Syria's Assad

Daily Caller
Tue, 15 Sep 2020 09:21 UTC

President Donald Trump tore into former Defense Secretary James Mattis, claiming Tuesday during a Fox & Friends interview that the retired Marine general prevented him from assassinating Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in 2018.

"I would have rather taken him out," Trump stated when asked about retaliating against al-Assad for the 2018 Syrian gas attacks. "I had him all set. Mattis didn't want to do it. Mattis was a highly overrated general, and I let him go."

The president further criticized Mattis for being fired by former President Barack Obama and claimed he was a "bad leader" who "wasn't doing the job with ISIS" and "had no concept" of winning.

Pressed by the Fox & Friends team on whether he regretted the decision not to take out al-Assad, Trump answered he "could have lived either way with that," before again blaming Mattis for the decision.

"I considered him certainly not a good person, but I had a shot to take him out if I wanted," he continued. "Mattis was against it. Mattis was against most of that stuff."

The Washington Post's Bob Woodward previously reported on the incident in his 2018 book, although the president had not publicly commented on it until Tuesday.

Comment: Meanwhile: Trump pulls a fast one on imperialist oil oligarchs by allowing Syria to regain oil fields through Russia

Reader Comments

Good Optics · 2020-09-15T23:30:24Z

"I considered [Assad] certainly not a good person, but I had a shot to take him out if I wanted," he continued. "Mattis was against it. Mattis was against most of that stuff."

Well jeez Orange Head, may.be. the guy was right . . .

OH ! ! I know: Mattis is all chummy with Vlad The Impaler, on the QT a course, and, well, we all know what happened to all your assholes over there now don't we ?

whatusees · 2020-09-16T00:10:23Z

That peace of information cost Donald Trump my vote.

Don't get me wrong I won't be voting for Biden either so I guess that's a push.

That is how much trouble this world is in, there is no human up to coming even close to fixing the troubles we have gotten ourselves into.

U.S. Presidents willing to kill presidents of other sovereign countries is only going to finally push another country like Russia or China into giving us their best shot, goodbye NYC Washington D.C. and probably a few others.

keep it up America you think you're bad asses, well as Putin has said fighting should never be the first option but if you have to do it...give em your best shot.

The Lord is at the door and still there are those a bunch of them I might add that think they can put their heads together and fix this mess... I implore you for your sake join the Lord's team because everybody else is going down for the count and they ARE NOT getting up PERIOD.

I now longer respond to the comments made about my posts whether favorable or negative, I will simply state what I know to be the truth and let it stand at that.

Maranatha.

Giant Meteor 24 · 2020-09-16T03:24:38Z

whatusees " goodbye NYC Washington D.C. and probably a few others.'' You forgot LA.

Altogether- not a terribly bad thing to happen?

DeliciousTears · 2020-09-16T00:24:53Z

I wouldn't put much into that statement. It seems like a typical Donald fib. More BS bravado.

If you remember we launched a shit ton of cruise missles that hit...... nothing.......

On purpose. Probably old stock that needed to go anyway. I remember being initially pissed with the attack, thinking he had fallen for the stupid chemical lie. But when it became clear 40k+ pounds of high explosives did.... nothing..... his actual motivations became a bit more obtuse.

Rowan Cocoan · 2020-09-16T00:35:24Z

DeliciousTears

But when it became clear 40k+ pounds of high explosives did.... nothing..... his actual motivations became a bit more obtuse.

And that is how it should be.

R.C.

Ketone Cop · 2020-09-16T01:03:10Z

DeliciousTears I think the goal of all this madness in the USA is to make Americans agree that we need a total overhaul with our government - and what will be offered is United Nations assistance. That's what all of this is about: the banksters need to absolutely destroy America, because we are the last peoples standing that could actually marshal enough resistance to stop their plans - and the Donald is definitely serving them. Half of America hates his guts, and the other half sees through the Biden/Harris charade. Job complete.

Good Optics · 2020-09-16T01:16:35Z

DeliciousTears

I wouldn't put much into that statement. It seems like a typical Donald fib. More BS bravado.

I thought too but for Chrisakes you'd hope the Rust Head would have figured out by now that high school was sixty years ago.

whatusees · 2020-09-16T03:23:23Z

Ketone Cop I agree 100% with your speculation which is actually based upon a lot of observation on my part and I am sure from what you have said in such a cogent manner that you too have been observing what is being done to the United States.

And the problem is that we do need to change a lot about what our well intended but now ancient ancestors set up.

Yet the bigger problem is this terribly flawed system is the best this world will ever be able to come up with and turning it over to the United Nations is a death warrant ready to be signed.

As I have said in other posts our only hope is the Son of God, I can not be concerned if that offends people because it is the truth and they can argue about that being just my opinion, but they will be the ones saying once the Anti Christ is revealed for who and what he is; they will say that arrogant sounding guy on SOTT was right...oh why didn't we listen.

Rowan Cocoan · 2020-09-16T03:25:54Z

whatusees Well, I dare say that 'Christianity', (as it's been labeled), with its STO dictates, is the only reason why and how this,our Western Civilization, ever got as good as it ever did. See, e.g., The Enlightenment.

RC

whatusees · 2020-09-16T03:50:10Z

Rowan Cocoan Again I agree 100% with that assessment that Christianity is the only reason that the Western world got to experience as much blessing as it did, but the prostitutes that now run it have been able through promises that they had no intentions of fulfilling in the first place nor the ability to do if they meant to carry through.

But the Kumbaya crowd have us vastly out numbered and therefore the original intent of democracy even in a state that is technically a Republic rather than a true democracy has been turned against us.

May I offer a truism, real power never has been nor ever will be generated by the people from the bottom up it is a ruse of such grand proportions that only the people that know their God will ever know that power whether demonic or divine is wielded and passed from the top down.

Our forefathers knew that and they put all the safeguards in there that they could think of but it was humanly impossible for them to see what has come to be.

But I do thank them and may God bless them for having given us 244 years of the best the world had to offer.

hobnob · 2020-09-16T01:01:33Z

If we may speculate, maybe he lumped Assad in with other near east dictators, maybe convinced of the attacks coming from him. Or he's angling for conservative support. Or he's pissing off Mattis, who said he knew nothing about foreign policy. Which is a smart tactic, if everyone around you wants war and suspects everything. Does it matter? If there's no changing minds, truth and lies are one and the same, for all intents and purposes.

smertzasmert · 2020-09-16T07:09:17Z

hobnyeba despicable fascist---Syria enjoys a real democracy...unlike your fake oligarchy of puritanical uncivilized cowards

Rowan Cocoan · 2020-09-16T07:58:38Z

smertzasmert Don't call it 'our' oligarchy. Do you think we would 'own' those scumbags? Gimme a break!

Meanwhile they claim that they 'own' us, and good Americans, to them, say "Kiss my ass, sorry pieces of evil shit!"

RC

hobnob ·

smertzasmert

· 2020-09-16T19:01:18Z

Rowan Cocoan · 2020-09-16T03:45:01Z

Whoever is taking advantage enough of Trump to inspire him to say this is a traitor.

R.C.

whatusees · 2020-09-16T04:11:16Z

Rowan Cocoan A very evil and treacherous trailer but if Trump is stupid enough to parrot this mindset it cannot be passed off as another oops.

I have always been a marginal Trump man because I have picked up on some pretty questionable things he has said but this one cannot be passed off as another oops.

Mattis served this nation for all his adult life and he gave up his high position for a just and noble cause and it is people like Mattis that will never reach the Pinnacle of power in this fallen world, God bless him.

We are in some real trouble people, even so

Maranatha.

Giant Meteor 24 · 2020-09-16T04:23:45Z

Deep thoughts :

Instead of building newer and larger weapons of mass destruction, I think mankind should try to get more use out of the ones we have.”Jack Handey

whatusees · 2020-09-16T04:37:32Z

Dog Me thinks Mr. Handey speaks obliquely what intent should the smaller less destructive ones be used for, scrap metal to build orphanages or for taking out the ones already in existence.

In all fairness though if I knew more about Mr. Handy I would probably know the answer to that question, so I'll take on a small effort to do some reading about this Handey guy.

Giant Meteor 24 · 2020-09-16T06:18:14Z

whatusees it's just light hearted/dementia humor. It's good for when people get all screwed up in their tighty whiteys

sbc · 2020-09-16T13:45:09Z

Dog Jack Handy is a Saturday night live skit from 20years ago.

smertzasmert · 2020-09-16T07:13:35Z

trump terminated Mattis---another lie

Biden too senile to distinguish a lie from the truth

whatusees · 2020-09-16T07:43:58Z

In Biden's most lucid days cared nothing about a lie as it is for all those that serve the supreme politician, that most subtle of all politicians the Devil.

When will they realize who has been given temporary dominion of this world and that all those that raise to the top of his governments around the world have to go through the test of who the best liar is or who can be the most brutal dictator.

These tests I speak of are called Election Campaigns in the matter of dictators most of them started out as elected official.and the ones that didn't were put there by elected officials.

Now there is a real conspiracy theory for you.

hotrod31 · 2020-09-16T12:50:32Z

The fact that Trump has the audacity to discuss [premeditated] murdering a leader of a sovereign country should serve as a good indicator of how corrupted the Western-democracies have become. Trump is a scumbag who should be jailed, immediately.

whatusees · 2020-09-19T09:57:50Z

hotrod31 Lets forget about jailing them that is not going to happen until the King of kings and the Lord of lords stands on the neck of their god and cast him into the pit of fire.

Just stop voting for any of the fools that tell you they and only they can fix the problems that has taken mankind about 6 thousand years to create.

The formation of the United States was God's last example he will give to mankind to show humanity that it is not capable of governing themselves in the absence of him.

Many man made empires of various forms have come and gone before us but this will be the last great man made empire there will ever be.

Come out of her my people and humble thyself and I will heel the land.

That verse could be summed up something like this.

QUITE VALIDATING THESE PUFFED UP SATANISTS BY VOTING FOR EITHER A REPUBLICAN OR A DEMOCRAT WHO RETIRE TO THE SAME BED TOGETHER WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE OUT.

Ann 88. However they are going to be forced to recognise the mad killer bastards in their midst. Given the excesses, the G word, those who have...

Awordinyourear

Start a Substack. You long-winded commenters. Don’t waste your words here for someone else to steal and monetize, because they certainly will not...

JohnDukes

Thought it odd to see photos is white robed Arab men running across the exterior balcony as the fires started. Guess it was nothing to worry...

L. Wood

"Her lawyer, Mr Danglehant..." Shouldn't have seemed funny, but it did. Have to wait for the keyboard to dry out, from the coffee that shot out of...

boli

Who cares if a Politician married a man or a woman or a "Not Sure"? The news in the article was that she is battling cancer. Somethings in the...

3.1415926535

Puppet Masters

Trump says "highly overrated" former Defense Sec Mattis stopped him assassinating Syria's Assad

Reader Comments

Latest News

Picture of the Day

Quote of the Day

Recent Comments

Quantum Quirk