Two people near the top of the list of those screwed over by Donald Trump will be at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello on Saturday, April 11, for what should be an interesting public conversation.
Former Defense Secretary James Mattis, who got on Trump’s bad side because he differs with the POTUS on basic things like the value of NATO, and denounced Trump’s actions on a certain Jan. 6, will be there, alongside David Rubenstein, the Baltimore Orioles owner and hedge-fund ghoul, who Trump dumped as the chair of the Kennedy Center, just because.
The event featuring Mattis and Rubenstein – styled a special Founders Day Weekend conversation, with the title Character, Service, and the American Experiment – is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. on April 11.
The PR tells us that Mattis and Rubenstein “will engage in a candid and wide-ranging discussion about the responsibilities of leadership, the role of the military in a democratic society, and the values that uphold American institutions.”
“Founders Day Weekend invites us to reflect not only on Jefferson’s legacy, but on the ongoing work of renewing the American experiment,” said Dr. Jane Kamensky, president and CEO of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. “General Mattis and David Rubenstein bring deep experience and perspective to questions that remain central to our civic life. There could be no better moment for this powerful conversation than the generational milestone that is the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026.”
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Chris Graham
