Retired General Mattis has accused Pres. Trump of dividing
the country in a time of crisis.(https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/us/politics/jim-mattis-trump-protests.html?searchResultPosition=2)
This is a false accusation. The country has been growing increasingly
divided for many years. The fundament division is between those who want to
preserve the American way of life and the capitalist system and those who want
to destroy it.
In the last week or more, the division has manifested itself
as between looters and arsonists on the one side and their victims on the
other. Pres. Trump stands with the victims.
General Mattis apparently does not know of this
conflict. He represents the rare case of a general who apparently does not know
that his country has enemies or who its enemies are. Fortunately, President
Trump does.
