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I honestly think that she is the one person that Trump is truly afraid of. Not in the sense of what she could do to him, but how he feels about all his other employees and his general disregard for them as people, or their well beings. He is of course afraid of Mueller, that is why he will leave him alone, at least it is too late to do anything to stop what he started now anyway. But Nikki, I think she is hands off for him, he somehow senses that to fire her would be too far, and that is saying something since he will fire anyone else in his employ.[/quote]
I'd put Mattis in the similar, perhaps even more powerful, position. He is less of a political threat as Haley as far as aspirations, but he knows Mattis is far smarter, more principled, more prepared, a better leader, and far more respected than he ever will be. In some respects he, like Haley, is many things Trump knows he could never be. And he knows both his base and his critics see that.
Mattis isn't serving Trump, in his mind he is serving the country and protecting it to some degree FROM Trump. There is a reason why Mattis and Kelly have an agreement for one of them to be with/near Trump at all times.
Trump knows if he fires Mattis- or worse for him, if Mattis quits because of Trump's actions- it will carry far more weight than any other cabinet member, including Haley in my opinion. Mattis, while not a politician by origin, has navigated a path where he has consistently disagreed with Trump in how and what to do, yet he has not been the subject of a hint a criticism from Trump.
Suffer Well.
I honestly think that she is the one person that Trump is truly afraid of. Not in the sense of what she could do to him, but how he feels about all his other employees and his general disregard for them as people, or their well beings. He is of course afraid of Mueller, that is why he will leave him alone, at least it is too late to do anything to stop what he started now anyway. But Nikki, I think she is hands off for him, he somehow senses that to fire her would be too far, and that is saying something since he will fire anyone else in his employ.[/quote]
I'd put Mattis in the similar, perhaps even more powerful, position. He is less of a political threat as Haley as far as aspirations, but he knows Mattis is far smarter, more principled, more prepared, a better leader, and far more respected than he ever will be. In some respects he, like Haley, is many things Trump knows he could never be. And he knows both his base and his critics see that.
Mattis isn't serving Trump, in his mind he is serving the country and protecting it to some degree FROM Trump. There is a reason why Mattis and Kelly have an agreement for one of them to be with/near Trump at all times.
Trump knows if he fires Mattis- or worse for him, if Mattis quits because of Trump's actions- it will carry far more weight than any other cabinet member, including Haley in my opinion. Mattis, while not a politician by origin, has navigated a path where he has consistently disagreed with Trump in how and what to do, yet he has not been the subject of a hint a criticism from Trump.
Suffer Well.