Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170805:02:28:00
Successful in this job with the president because of the president's sort of childlike fascination and admiration of men in uniform. and what we all have to hope is that those generals, those members of the military, we are now dependent upon them to safeguard our democracy. this is sort of echoing what tom just said, but think about that for a moment. >> tom, briefly. >> well, just like jon, i was relieved that general kelly was brought in. i was relieved when general mattis was appointed, but in a way that's the problem itself. when someone says we're going to appoint a lot of generals and e...