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Ex-defense secretary said president ‘earned his spurs from a doctor’ while Gen Barry McCaffrey slammed Syria policy as ‘inexplicable’
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2.17pm BST
Republican senator Mitt Romney delivered a blistering critique of Trump’s Syria policy in a Senate floor speech yesterday, calling the US abandonment of the Kurds “a bloodstain on the annals of American history.”
But as the Washington Post’s Aaron Blake noted, Romney also interestingly suggested that Trump may have been bullied into the decision by the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Mitt Romney: "I simply don't understand why the administration did not explain in advance to Erdogan that it's unacceptable for Turkey to attack an American ally.""Are we so weak and so inept diplomatically that Turkey forced the hand of the United States of America? Turkey?" pic.twitter.com/AbB59D5Qqe
1.48pm BST
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Donald Trump, who took office bragging that he had assembled a team of “my generals” to lead his administration, is now receiving severe criticism from at least three former top military leaders – including his former defense secretary, Gen James Mattis.
"I’m not just an overrated general. I’m the most overrated general," Mattis says. "I'm honored to be considered that by Donald Trump because he also called Meryl Streep an overrated actress. So I guess I'm the Meryl Streep of generals, and frankly that sounds pretty good to me." pic.twitter.com/Hzpe5lUeje Continue reading...