'Angry and appalled': Former defence secretary James Mattis launches blistering attack on Trump for response to protests

James Mattis, the former defence secretary who resigned from Donald Trump’s administration in 2018, staged a rare intervention on Wednesday to criticise the president for his response to nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd.Writing in The Atlantic, he said he was “appalled” at Mr Trump’s actions and accused the president of using the military to violate the constitutional rights of Americans.

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