Mad Dog Mattis Having Some Staffing Problems

[vlad_hombre]

He has to choose between Dems, Republicans who can't pass Trump's loyalty test, and Repuke hacks who he refuses to tolerate ...

... what's a mad dog to do?

Mattis has too much integrity to serve this president* for very long.


Republican lawmakers and senior congressional aides said in recent interviews they’re running out of patience with Mattis' staffing decisions, which have disappointed Republican members of the Senate Armed Services Committee hoping to see their ideological allies elevated to senior levels in the Defense Department.

....The defense secretary has also rankled Republicans with his efforts to hire veterans of Democratic administrations, pushing unsuccessfully to bring on Michèle Flournoy, who served as undersecretary of defense for policy in the Obama administration, as his deputy.

....Defense Department veterans say the White House has put Mattis in a nearly impossible position given that a large swath of the Republican foreign-policy establishment was openly critical of Trump during the campaign. Some say that has left Mattis with little choice but to turn to Democrats and to those without a political background to fill senior posts.

Hill Republicans say they're growing frustrated with Mattis

 

[OldLady]

He has to choose between Dems, Republicans who can't pass Trump's loyalty test, and Repuke hacks who he refuses to tolerate ...

... what's a mad dog to do?

Mattis has too much integrity to serve this president* for very long.


Republican lawmakers and senior congressional aides said in recent interviews they’re running out of patience with Mattis' staffing decisions, which have disappointed Republican members of the Senate Armed Services Committee hoping to see their ideological allies elevated to senior levels in the Defense Department.

....The defense secretary has also rankled Republicans with his efforts to hire veterans of Democratic administrations, pushing unsuccessfully to bring on Michèle Flournoy, who served as undersecretary of defense for policy in the Obama administration, as his deputy.

....Defense Department veterans say the White House has put Mattis in a nearly impossible position given that a large swath of the Republican foreign-policy establishment was openly critical of Trump during the campaign. Some say that has left Mattis with little choice but to turn to Democrats and to those without a political background to fill senior posts.

Hill Republicans say they're growing frustrated with Mattis

Why is anyone surprised when he was asked to step down from his last job because he was so HARD TO GET ALONG WITH?

 

[vlad_hombre]

He has to choose between Dems, Republicans who can't pass Trump's loyalty test, and Repuke hacks who he refuses to tolerate ...

... what's a mad dog to do?

Mattis has too much integrity to serve this president* for very long.


Republican lawmakers and senior congressional aides said in recent interviews they’re running out of patience with Mattis' staffing decisions, which have disappointed Republican members of the Senate Armed Services Committee hoping to see their ideological allies elevated to senior levels in the Defense Department.

....The defense secretary has also rankled Republicans with his efforts to hire veterans of Democratic administrations, pushing unsuccessfully to bring on Michèle Flournoy, who served as undersecretary of defense for policy in the Obama administration, as his deputy.

....Defense Department veterans say the White House has put Mattis in a nearly impossible position given that a large swath of the Republican foreign-policy establishment was openly critical of Trump during the campaign. Some say that has left Mattis with little choice but to turn to Democrats and to those without a political background to fill senior posts.

Hill Republicans say they're growing frustrated with Mattis

Why is anyone surprised when he was asked to step down from his last job because he was so HARD TO GET ALONG WITH?

What a bunch of amateurs.

The DoD is the one place a rock-ribbed conservative could tolerate a little bipartisan window dressing.

After all, even a Dem hire is going to be pro-military.

If the Trumpets were smart, they'd let Mattis hire a bunch of Dems and then point to them as proof of the administration's reach-across-the-aisle good intentions.

But they're not smart, so they won't.

 

[Hossfly]

He has to choose between Dems, Republicans who can't pass Trump's loyalty test, and Repuke hacks who he refuses to tolerate ...

... what's a mad dog to do?

Mattis has too much integrity to serve this president* for very long.


Republican lawmakers and senior congressional aides said in recent interviews they’re running out of patience with Mattis' staffing decisions, which have disappointed Republican members of the Senate Armed Services Committee hoping to see their ideological allies elevated to senior levels in the Defense Department.

....The defense secretary has also rankled Republicans with his efforts to hire veterans of Democratic administrations, pushing unsuccessfully to bring on Michèle Flournoy, who served as undersecretary of defense for policy in the Obama administration, as his deputy.

....Defense Department veterans say the White House has put Mattis in a nearly impossible position given that a large swath of the Republican foreign-policy establishment was openly critical of Trump during the campaign. Some say that has left Mattis with little choice but to turn to Democrats and to those without a political background to fill senior posts.

Hill Republicans say they're growing frustrated with Mattis

Why is anyone surprised when he was asked to step down from his last job because he was so HARD TO GET ALONG WITH?

What a bunch of amateurs.

The DoD is the one place a rock-ribbed conservative could tolerate a little bipartisan window dressing.

After all, even a Dem hire is going to be pro-military.

If the Trumpets were smart, they'd let Mattis hire a bunch of Dems and then point to them as proof of the administration's reach-across-the-aisle good intentions.

But they're not smart, so they won't.

There ain't no politicians supposed to be in the Pentagon. That's like having rats and cock roaches in the kitchen. Time to call Orkin.

 

[vlad_hombre]

He has to choose between Dems, Republicans who can't pass Trump's loyalty test, and Repuke hacks who he refuses to tolerate ...

... what's a mad dog to do?

Mattis has too much integrity to serve this president* for very long.


Republican lawmakers and senior congressional aides said in recent interviews they’re running out of patience with Mattis' staffing decisions, which have disappointed Republican members of the Senate Armed Services Committee hoping to see their ideological allies elevated to senior levels in the Defense Department.

....The defense secretary has also rankled Republicans with his efforts to hire veterans of Democratic administrations, pushing unsuccessfully to bring on Michèle Flournoy, who served as undersecretary of defense for policy in the Obama administration, as his deputy.

....Defense Department veterans say the White House has put Mattis in a nearly impossible position given that a large swath of the Republican foreign-policy establishment was openly critical of Trump during the campaign. Some say that has left Mattis with little choice but to turn to Democrats and to those without a political background to fill senior posts.

Hill Republicans say they're growing frustrated with Mattis

Why is anyone surprised when he was asked to step down from his last job because he was so HARD TO GET ALONG WITH?

What a bunch of amateurs.

The DoD is the one place a rock-ribbed conservative could tolerate a little bipartisan window dressing.

After all, even a Dem hire is going to be pro-military.

If the Trumpets were smart, they'd let Mattis hire a bunch of Dems and then point to them as proof of the administration's reach-across-the-aisle good intentions.

But they're not smart, so they won't.

There ain't no politicians supposed to be in the Pentagon. That's like having rats and cock roaches in the kitchen. Time to call Orkin.

That's the point.

On the one hand, you have Democratic foreign policy professionals.

On the other hand, you have Republican foreign policy professionals who almost unanimously disparaged Donald Trump during the campaign.

And, on then you have Republican hacks.

Congress hates the first, Trump hates the second, and Mattis won't tolerate the third.