This is the difference between a great man and a petty man. A great man shrugs it off and rises above it, a small man devolves into petty bickering.
I rushed to make the above tweet BEFORE Trump responds. It's a sort of test. If I'm wrong, then Trump is a greater man than I claim. If I'm right, this'll prove what I'm saying that Trump is a small, petty man.
I mean, I'm not going to wait until Trump responds and try to generate principles after the fact to criticize Trump. Instead, I'm declaring a set of principles first -- and then we'll see if Trump fits them or not.
Scientific experiment complete:
As many people have pointed out, not only is this a petty attack, it contains two falsehoods. Trump fired Jim Mattis only after Mattis resigned, and Trump did not give Mattis the nickname "Mad Dog".
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The point of this thread is such criticism aren't cherrypicking Trump's worst problems out of otherwise good behavior. Instead, his behavior is consistently and predictably bad. His lies and pettiness make him unfit for the office.
