Donald Trump was facing questions about whether military chiefs fully back his handling of the anti-racism protests on Thursday after an excoriating rebuke by his former defence secretary gained the public support of a Republican senator. The US president tried to wave away a searing critique by Jim Mattis, his Pentagon chief until December 2018, by claiming he fired Mr Mattis - who resigned over Syria policy disagreements - and calling him “the world’s most overrated general”. However Mr Mattis’s 640-word statement, which saw him argue Mr Trump - his old boss - was the only American president in history who tries to divide rather than unite the country, was backed by one of the party’s prominent moderates. Lisa Murkowski, the Republican senator from Alaska, said: “I thought General Mattis’s words were true and honest and necessary and overdue.” Asked about her support for Mr Trump, she replied: “I am struggling with it. I have struggled with it for a long time.”
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