‘Not a Commander-in-Chief’

A former Trump official speaks out. More should. 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James Mattis, the former defense secretary, has so far said nothing about President Trump’s reckless decision to abandon the Kurds, longtime allies of the United States, to a threatened military assault by Turkey. Rex Tillerson, the former secretary of state, has also said nothing. And Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, the former national security adviser, has said nothing. They’re all making a mistake. With their silence, they are showing greater loyalty to one man — Trump — than to the national interest. Brett McGurk yesterday showed how to speak up, clearly and courageously. McGurk is no liberal firebrand. He clerked for William Rehnquist, the conservative Supreme Court justice, before joining George W. Bush’s administration as a foreign-policy official, and then serving in Barack Obama’s administration and later Trump’s. In late 2018, McGurk resigned on principle, shortly after Mattis did, in protest of Trump’s decision to withdraw American troops from Syria. Here’s what McGurk [wrote](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRffv8hP0TUaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9icmV0dF9tY2d1cmsvc3RhdHVzLzExODEwODU4MTg0OTM5Mjc0MjU_dGU9MSZubD1kYXZpZC1sZW9uaGFyZHQmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAxOTEwMDg_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI5MTcmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzY4MyZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTJXA255dEIKACAhepxdEhnA21IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) yesterday: “Donald Trump is not a Commander-in-Chief. He makes impulsive decisions with no knowledge or deliberation. He sends military personnel into harm’s way with no backing. He blusters and then leaves our allies exposed when adversaries call his bluff or he confronts a hard phone call.” And in response to a tweet from Trump he [added](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRffv8hP0TUaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9icmV0dF9tY2d1cmsvc3RhdHVzLzExODEyMTQwODM5MDA1MTAyMDg_dGU9MSZubD1kYXZpZC1sZW9uaGFyZHQmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAxOTEwMDg_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI5MTcmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzY4MyZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTJXA255dEIKACAhepxdEhnA21IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA): “Mr. President: With all due respect, none of this is true. I’d recommend having meetings with your experts and policy team before making historic life-and-death decisions. Making such decisions after a one-off call from a foreign leader is malpractice.” General Mattis; Mr. Tillerson; General McMaster: It’s past time to say what you think. 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So did some of his usual media allies, including [Fox News](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRffv8hP4QrAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnRoZWRhaWx5YmVhc3QuY29tL2ZveC1hbmQtZnJpZW5kcy1ob3N0LWJyaWFuLWtpbG1lYWRlLWF0dGFja3MtdHJ1bXAtZm9yLWRpc2FzdHJvdXMtZGVjaXNpb24tdG8tYWJhbmRvbi1rdXJkaXNoLWFsbGllcz92aWE9dHdpdHRlcl9wYWdlJnRlPTEmbmw9ZGF2aWQtbGVvbmhhcmR0JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMTkxMDA4P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyOTE3JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc2ODMmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyVwNueXRCCgAgIXqcXRIZwNtSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) and [the editorial board](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRffv8hP0TbaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud3NqLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlcy93aXRoLWZyaWVuZHMtbGlrZS10aGUtdS1zLTExNTcwNDg4NDM4P3RlPTEmbmw9ZGF2aWQtbGVvbmhhcmR0JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMTkxMDA4P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyOTE3JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc2ODMmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyVwNueXRCCgAgIXqcXRIZwNtSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) of The Wall Street Journal. “A lot of [Republicans] who held back criticism of the president on Ukraine grift are unleashing at him over Syria,” tweeted [Tamara Cofman Wittes](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRffv8hP0TQaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS90Y3dpdHRlcy9zdGF0dXMvMTE4MTMzMDQ5OTY2NDU5Njk5Mj90ZT0xJm5sPWRhdmlkLWxlb25oYXJkdCZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDE5MTAwOD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjkxNyZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3NjgzJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MlcDbnl0QgoAICF6nF0SGcDbUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) of the Brookings Institution. “It is very clear that [Republicans] with aspirations to national leadership now see an imperative to show their independence from Trump. And that’s a big change.” Bloomberg Opinion’s [Jonathan Bernstein](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRffv8hP4QPAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmJsb29tYmVyZy5jb20vb3Bpbmlvbi9hcnRpY2xlcy8yMDE5LTEwLTA3L3RydW1wLXMtbW90aXZlcy1vbi1hbGxvd2luZy10dXJrZXktaW52YWRlLXN5cmlhLWNhbi10LWJlLXRydXN0ZWQ_dGU9MSZubD1kYXZpZC1sZW9uaGFyZHQmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAxOTEwMDg_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI5MTcmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzY4MyZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTJXA255dEIKACAhepxdEhnA21IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) asks whether the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, may have politically damaging information on Trump — like knowledge of another unseemly phone call — or whether Trump’s business investment in Turkey may be affecting his actions. “In normal cases, I’d caution people against getting carried away with such speculation. 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