Mattis is the one who’s been holding him back from doing stupid shit, and now he’s resigning. He no longer has to work for this piece of shit:
General Jim Mattis will be retiring, with distinction, at the end of February, after having served my Administration as Secretary of Defense for the past two years. During Jim’s tenure, tremendous progress has been made, especially with respect to the purchase of new fighting….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 20, 2018
Donald Trump just lost the most significant, stabilizing, and competent member of his entire administration.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 20, 2018
I'm legitimately frightened for the country.
On @CNNSitRoom, Stephen Miller concedes that Mattis’ departure is indeed due to a divergence of views between Mattis & @realDonaldTrump – which the president didn’t acknowledge in his tweets announcing departure.
— David Chalian (@DavidChalian) December 20, 2018
Not a word of praise for Trump. Speaks volumes. https://t.co/WxbVbWLy5s
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) December 20, 2018
Pretty soon the Trump administration is just going to consist of Trump, his kids, and a magic racist elf who tells him which Americans to rage-tweet about each morning.
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) December 20, 2018
Am informed that Mattis has been cornerstone of trust of Xi & Gen. Gerasimov in stability of US military behavior, key to accident avoidance. Mattis in DC has been a key point of reference for orderly decision making in security side of Administration https://t.co/ODnR0DTeuY
— Harald Malmgren (@Halsrethink) December 20, 2018
Good riddance to the corrupt, interventionist “Mad Dog” Mattis.
May his clones quickly follow him out the door.