Michael G. Mullen: “I think actually both sides, going back to the beginning of SALT, do not want to destroy the world and that continues.”

You know, or you should, that public debt this large weighs heavily on economic growth, crowding out private investment and discouraging it through uncertainty.

This is a moment when more investment in diplomacy and development is needed, not less.

Our fellow citizens are not the enemy and must never become so.

I have to date been reticent to speak out on issues surrounding President Trump's leadership, but we are at an inflection point, and the events of the past weeks have made it impossible to remain silent.