(NPR) Former Defense Secretary Mattis Issues Stunning Rebuke Of Trump

Former Defense Secretary Mattis Issues Stunning Rebuke Of Trump








Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis listens to a question during an appearance at the Council on Foreign Relations, in New York, in September. Mattis on Wednesday issued an extraordinary rebuke of President Trump.



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Former Defense Secretary Mattis Issues Stunning Rebuke Of Trump






Jim Mattis, who resigned as Trump's defense secretary nearly a year-and-a-half ago, accuses the president of dividing the nation and warns against "militarizing our response" to protests.