“I see no threat requiring this kind of deployment,” retired Gen. Colin Powell, also a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs, told The Washington Post. “The military is not a political prize,” the retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs wrote in a letter to The Post. As defense secretary, Mattis has worked to insulate the military from the country’s increasingly toxic political battles. It’s not clear whether Mattis advised Trump to delay the border deployment or whether he was consulted about the president’s decision. In any case, the migrants are still about 40 days from coming anywhere close to the U.S. border.

Source: Washington Post November 02, 2018 23:41 UTC