James Mattis, Secretary of Defense, Retired Marine Corps General: He issued an extraordinary critique of the White House's handling of nationwide unrest, saying Trump has sought to divide Americans, and warning against "militarizing our response" to the protests. "When I joined the military, some 50 years ago, I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution," "Never did I dream that troops taking that same oath would be ordered under any circumstance to violate the Constitutional rights of their fellow citizens—much less to provide a bizarre photo op for the elected commander-in-chief, with military leadership standing alongside,"
