No More Excuses
The resignation of James Mattis leaves Congress to face the truth about Trump.
by David Frum
Dec 20, 2018
2 minutes
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For almost two full years, James Mattis has provided the nation with a collective security blanket—and national-security-minded Republicans with a credible excuse. Whatever outrageous or weird or even suspicious things President Donald Trump might do, Mattis was at the head of the order of battle: an American through and through, untainted and uncompromised.
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