How would he do as president? Is this just memeing? I know ex generals dont have the best track record as Presidents but I dont think he'd be an awful president, probably not as good as the God Emperor though.
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/election/2016/04/10/general-james-mattis-president-movement/82806616/
Democratically elected president or military coup president?
>>70645730
"Democratically elected" by Congress
i think he'd be hilariously effective. The press would be all over him and he wouldn't care.
>>70646248
Conscription for everyone? Men become men again? What would his policies be?
>>70645070
>>70646248
>>70646501
I'm ok with all of this.
>>70645070
Mattis is based as fuck. A real man, honestly wouldn't have a problem if the GOP fucks us
>>70645070
He should run as Vice President with Trump.
>>70646920
This
I will now list Presidents who served, whether they saw action or not:
>George Washington: General of the Armies - French and Indian War, American Revolutionary War
>Thomas Jefferson: Virginia Militia Colonel - did not see action (DNSA)
>James Madison: Virginia Militia Colonel - DNSA
>James Monroe: Continental Army Major - American Revolutionary War; wounded at the Battle of Trenton; depicted holding the American flag behind General George Washington in the famous painting Washington Crossing the Delaware.
>Andrew Jackson: Tennessee State Militia and United States Army Major General - American Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Creek War, First Seminole War
>William Henry Harrison: United States Army Major General - Northwest Indian War, War of 1812
>John Tyler: Virginia Militia Captain - War of 1812
>James K. Polk: Tennessee State Militia Colonel - DNSA
>Zachary Taylor: United States Army Major General - War of 1812, Black Hawk War, Second Seminole War, Mexican–American War; entire career spanned from 1808 until 1848.
>Millard Fillmore: New York State Militia Major - Served in New York Militia in 1820s and 1830s; Organized Union Continentals home guard unit in Buffalo, New York during American Civil War
>Franklin Pierce: United States Army Brigadier General - New Hampshire Militia, 1831–46; Mexican–American War; commanded Infantry Brigade at Battle of Contreras (where his leg was injured), Battle of Churubusco, and the Assault on Mexico City.
>James Buchanan: Pennsylvania State Militia Private - War of 1812
>Abraham Lincoln: Illinois State Militia Captain - Black Hawk War (served three months in 1832)
>Andrew Johnson: United States Army Brigadier General - Served in Tennessee Militia in 1830s. American Civil War; served as Military Governor of Tennessee in 1862.
>Ulysses S. Grant: United States Army General of the Army - Mexican–American War and American Civil War; served 1843–54 and 1861–68.
If Mattis became president, there'd be massive suicide along the whole left coast, and the northeast US.
IT would GLORIOUS!!!
>"He has never been married and has no children. He is nicknamed "The Warrior Monk" because he devoted his life to studying and fighting war."
ONE OF US, ONE OF US
>Rutherford B. Hayes: United States Army Major General - American Civil War. Served in the 23rd Ohio Infantry and commanded future President William McKinley; wounded at the Battle of South Mountain; also served at the Battle of Antietam and in the Valley Campaigns of 1864.
>James Garfield: United States Army Major General - American Civil War (1861–1863; commanded an Ohio Infantry Brigade at the Battles of Shiloh and Corinth; served as Chief of Staff for General William Rosecrans at the Battle of Chickamauga; left the army to serve in the United States House of Representatives).
>Chester A. Arthur: New York State Militia Brigadier General - Judge Advocate General, Second Brigade of the New York Militia. Served as Engineer-in-Chief on the Governor's staff, Quartermaster General and Inspector General of the New York Militia before and during the American Civil War. Declined appointment as commander of the 9th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment and command of four New York City regiments organized as the Metropolitan Brigade when Governor requested he remain Quartermaster General.
>Benjamin Harrison : United States Army Brigadier General - American Civil War; Commanded an Infantry Brigade at the battles of Resaca, New Hope Church, Kennesaw Mountain, Marietta, Peachtree Creek and Atlanta; also Commanded a Brigade during Sherman's March to the Sea.
>William McKinley: United States Army Brevet Major -American Civil War. Served in the 23rd Ohio Infantry under future President Rutherford B. Hayes; fought in the Battle of South Mountain, The Battle of Antietam, and in the Valley Campaigns of 1864.
>Theodore Roosevelt: United States Army Colonel - Spanish–American War – only U.S. President to receive the Medal of Honor (awarded posthumously in 2001). Also a Navy Civilian, as Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
>Harry S. Truman: Missouri Army National Guard; United States Army, United States Army Reserve Colonel - Stateside National Guard service in Missouri (1905–1911); World War I (1917–1918); transferred to Army Reserve and retired in 1953.
>Dwight D. Eisenhower: United States Army General of the Army - Stateside service during World War I. Served as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II (1942–1945). Visited troops in Korea in December 1952. Entire active-duty career spanned from 1915 until 1969 (excepting his two terms as president and Commander-in-Chief).
>John F. Kennedy: United States Navy Lieutenant - World War II received Navy and Marine Corps Medal and Purple Heart.
>Lyndon B. Johnson: United States Naval Reserve Commander - World War II received Silver Star medal after observation mission in which aircraft he was on came under Japanese attack.
>Richard Nixon: United States Naval Reserve Commander - World War II (1942–1945); Earned two Service Stars.
>Gerald Ford: United States Naval Reserve Lieutenant Commander - World War II (1942–1945); combat on USS Monterey, discharged in 1946.
>Jimmy Carter: United States Navy Lieutenant - World War II at the United States Naval Academy Sea duty and stateside service 1946–1953 during the Korean War.
>Ronald Reagan: United States Army Reserve, United States Army Air Corps Captain - Stateside service during World War II (1942–1945); Army Reserve (1937–1942)
>George H. W. Bush: United States Naval Reserve Lieutenant (Junior Grade) - World War II (1942–1945) Distinguished Flying Cross.
>George W. Bush: Texas Air National Guard First Lieutenant - Stateside service as pilot during Vietnam War (1968–1973). Received early discharge in 1973.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTXzcILPPp8&nohtml5=False
>>70646966
You forgot Eisenhower
>>70646248
SNIPIN IS A GOOD JOB MATE
>>70645070
>ex generals don't have the best track records
Eisenhower was pretty based though
