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Defense intellectual. he's a thoughtful guy that understands the value of allies and understands the value of american character. and so he ought to be off limits to mr. trump. this isn't going to come out well. >> generally barry mccaffrey, always a pleasure having you on. thanks very much for helping our conversation along here tonight. coming up for us, remembering the man who was thrust by his life's work and the 2016 election into a powerful position of holding people to account. of course i -- ever since i started renting from national. because national lets me lose the wait at the cou...
Aggressive commander, but basically he's a defense intellectual. mcraven, again, these two guys probably have the best reputation of any two senior military officers who we have produced since world war ii. mcraven's very high integrity, very much focused on doing what's right, patriotism, chancellor university of texas, just a remarkable man. so i think mattis is reluctant to get down in the mud with his former boss the commander in chief and is trying to stay out of the fray. but mckrachb looks back at it as an american patriot and says we are in serious trouble. by the way we think i are in...
Most overrated general in the world. general mccaffrey, we can't underscore that man's resume enough. >> yeah. well, you know, it's sort of interesting. i think mr. trump warmed to him because of his, quote, mad dog monitor. moniker. he's very ferocious tactically military commander with a lot of combat time. but mostly jim mattis is a defense intellectual. he's a very thoughtful guy that understands the value of allies and understands the value of american character. and so he ought to be off limits to mr. trump. this isn't going to come out well. >> general barry mccaffrey, always a pleasure...
>> some of you were kind during the reception and asked me, you know, if this bothered me. to have been rated this way based on what donald trump said. i said of course not. i'd earned my spurs on the battlefield, martin, as you pointed out and donald trump earned his spurs in a letter from a doctor. >> so, that was after the general pointed out that the at it had called him the most overrated general in the world. general mccaffrey, we can't underscore that man's resume enough. >> yeah. well, you know, it's sort of interesting. i think mr. trump warmed to him because of his, quote, mad dog mo...