James N. Mattis
Former United States Secretary of DefenseWikipedia
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Sep 14, 2026
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
And so Donald Trump said that after the first term, when he didn't know much about Washington...
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
And he brought in, I guess, bipartisan people, Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State, Jim Mattis, Defense Secretary, HR, a good friend of mine at National Security, General Kelly, Chief of Staff, Homeland Security.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
These were people who did not really believe in the MAGA agenda or what Trump was trying to do.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
So that first term was very successful in many ways, but it only had partially addressed symptoms.
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Victor Davis HansonGUEST
Every single person, every work for him.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
I mean, some people I know very well, but if you read what Admiral McRaven, a distinguished admiral, said he should be removed sooner or later in the first term.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
Jim Mattis said he was sort of comparable to the people on the wrong side of the D-Day beaches.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
It was insane.
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was entirely full of politicians and generals.
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We're talking about Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, former Secretary of Defense James Mattis.
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Which is a very distinct and fatal failure mode.
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Investors and board members were taking a software funding culture and inappropriately applying it to a medical device company.
Bill KristolHOST
The-- Trump's first term, the, the elites were sort of kidding themselves that they could really control him to some degree, but they did control-- check him to a fair degree.
Bill KristolHOST
He, he did staff his administration with Jim Mattis and John Kelly and Mark Esper and, and even Bill Barr, whatever you think of him, Mike Pence, you know, who didn't-- wouldn't go along on January sixth.
Bill KristolHOST
I mean, he learned that lesson.
Bill KristolHOST
And in that respect, the second term is just, I think, a whole different, uh, kettle of fish or whatever the right metaphor is than the first term.
Scott HortonGUEST
There were also 75th Rangers down in Kandahar province.
Scott HortonGUEST
And James Mattis had 4,000 marching Marines.
Scott HortonGUEST
And they were all begging to get into the fight.
Scott HortonGUEST
And the Delta Force and the CIA commanders on scene were begging to get them in the fight.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
It wasn't.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
I mean, he hired people like Rex Tillerson, Jim Mattis, and my friend whom I really like, H.R. McMaster, and others who, you know, Steve Mnuchin.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
They were not MAGA people.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
And their job was either to thwart what he was doing or to slow it down.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
That's what the left told us.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
And so Donald Trump said that after the first term, when he didn't know much about Washington, and he brought in, I guess, bipartisan people, Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State, Jim Mattis, Defense Secretary, H.R., a good friend of mine at National Security, um, ex, uh, General Kelly, Chief of Staff, Homeland Security.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
These were people who did not really believe in the MAGA agenda or what Trump was trying to do.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
So that first term was very successful in many ways, but it only had partially addressed symptoms.
16 MINS LATER
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
Every single person who ever worked for him...
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
I mean, some people I know very well, but if you read what Admiral McRaven, a distinguished admiral, said he should be removed sooner or later in the first term.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
Jim Mattis said he was sort of comparable to the people on the wrong side of the D-Day beaches.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
It was...
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
We've got to get H.R. McMaster.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
We've got to get Jim Mattis.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
We've got to get Kelly as your Homeland Security and maybe your chief of staff.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
I could go on, but you can see that none of those people in general were really MAGA adherents.
Peter BergenGUEST
They've turned down these requests for a battalion of rangers.
Peter BergenGUEST
We also now, by the way, know from Jim Mattis.
Peter BergenGUEST
We'd always known that Jim Mattis was in southern Afghanistan with 1,500 Marines.
Peter BergenGUEST
They took Rhino.
Peter BergenGUEST
in southern Afghanistan, 1,500 Marines.
Peter BergenGUEST
Now, can you imagine a more gung-ho group of Americans than 1,500 Marines and Jim Mattis in charge? In December 2001.
Peter BergenGUEST
Yeah, and the World Trade Center is still smoldering, right? Smoldering.
Peter BergenGUEST
And the Pentagon is still, you know.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
We've got to get H.R. McMaster.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
We've got to get Jim Mattis.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
We've got to get Kelly as your Homeland Security and maybe your chief of staff.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
I could go on, but you can see that none of those people in general were really MAGA adherents.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
We've got to get H.R. McMaster.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
We've got to get Jim Mattis.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
We've got to get Kelly as your Homeland Security and maybe your chief of staff.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
I could go on, but you can see that none of those people in general were really MAGA adherents.
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