Former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw compared outgoing Defense Secretary James Mattis to “the captain of a sinking ship” and urged all Americans regardless of “party label” to confront President Trump, whom he compared to Captain Queeg.
Queeg is the fictional unstable skipper of the U.S.S. Caine in Herman Wouk’s classic World War II novel, “The Caine Mutiny,” released in 1951.
“Pres trump getting rid of general mattis is like the captain of a sinking ship firing the coast guard. this is a time for all hands to be on deck – whatever their party label – and confront captain queeg, er, president trump,” Brokaw wrote in a tweet.
pres trump getting rid of general mattis is like the captain of a sinking ship firing the coast guard.
this is a time for all hands to be on deck – whatever their party label – and confront captain queeg, er, president trump
— Tom Brokaw (@tombrokaw) December 20, 2018
The comparison by the veteran newsman, who anchored “NBC Nightly News” for 22 years and now serves as a special correspondent for NBC News, comes the day Defense Secretary James Mattis announced he would resign at the end of February. – READ MORE