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Finally, the General Speaks Out.

Ever since he resigned as Donald Trump Secretary of Defense, James Mattis has been besieged

within treaties to tell what he knows and what he thinks about the erratic blustery behavior

of his former commander-in-chief. But Mattis held his tongue.

Until this week, when he issued a blistering rebuke of the President he once served,

his breaking point were the protests over the death of George Floyd and the President's vow

to use military force to contain them. Never did I dream that troops would be ordered

under any circumstances to violate the constitutional rights of their fellow citizens,

much less to provide a bizarre photo op for the elected commander-in-chief with military

leadership standing alongside, Mattis said. And then this, Donald Trump is the first President

in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people, does not even pretend to try.

Instead, he tries to divide us. It was an extraordinary statement that may have already given

cover to some Republican senators to voice their misgivings about President Trump.

But what prompted Mattis to break his vow of silence? We'll talk to his former top

speechwriter, Guy Snodgrass, who is also the author of a book about Mattis' tenure as Secretary

of Defense, and explore what his statement means for the military and the country on this episode

of Skull Duggery.

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