CNN’s Gergen: Most Americans Are Smart Enough To See Trump Deploying Troops to the Border Is a ‘Stunt’

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GERGEN: “Well, strikingly, secretary of defense James Mattis thought it was a bad idea. He opposed it originally. He’s going along with it because the president is the commander in chief. But I think most Americans are smart enough to see this is a stunt coming just a few days before. It’s not apparent why troops are needed this weekend when this caravan is a thousand miles away. It’s going to be two or three weeks, why do they need to go now. It’s not a coincidence just the weekend before the elections. So the president needs to define what are these people for, why do we need so many, how long are they going to be here, what’s the purpose of all of this? You don’t accepted troops in unless what your purpose is and what your getting out strategy is. I think this looks completely political. It’s inappropriate for the president, frankly. We commit to him the forces of the United States as commander in chief, but it’s almost like a sacred duty to use those troops only for real national security. Not for some fake national security reason.”