U.S. President Donald Trump (C), flanked by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) and Defense Secretary James Mattis (R), holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Politico: Mattis delegates down and manages up in tricky Trump relationship
New documents shed light on the quiet influence on the commander in chief of Trump's general-turned-defense secretary.
James Mattis, the first retired general to serve as secretary of defense in seven decades, has steadily pushed more authority down the chain of command on the battlefield and inside the bureaucracy.
But he’s also managed up more than his predecessors.
By leveraging a unique level of personal rapport with President Donald Trump — and often ducking the media spotlight — Mattis has played an outsize role in keeping critical policies on track in the face of a mercurial and often bombastic commander in chief, according to half a dozen current and former administration officials and Mattis' daily schedule for the first half of the year, which the Pentagon recently released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from a watchdog group.
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WNU Editor: This Politico article goes out of it sway to praise US Defense Secretary Mattis on how he "deals and manages" President Trump. I see it differently. What I see is the President implementing his management style on how the Pentagon should be managed, and it involves giving his subordinate .... US Defense Secretary Mattis .... a lot of leeway and freedom to implement the policies and directions that he (President Trump) wants. This is exactly how a CEO of a large organization works, and not surprising .... that is exactly how President Trump is working.
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