Defense Secretary Mattis has been everything Trump skeptics hoped for

Who's been a good Mad Dog?

Mattis traveled to South Korea to meet with U.S. allies in the region.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

President Trump's first month in the White House has been a chaotic mess. Between National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's ouster to the ill-advised and ineptly managed travel ban, Trump's critics already have reason to feel vindicated.

But if the president has been everything his skeptics feared, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has been everything they could have wished for.

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Benjamin Shull

Benjamin Shull is an assistant books editor with The Wall Street Journal and a contributor to The Week. Follow him on Twitter.