Post #395

Jim Mattis, Defense Secretary, Resigns in Rebuke of Trump’s Worldview Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, whose experience and stability were widely seen as a balance to an unpredictable president, resigned Thursday in protest of President Trump’s decision to withdraw American forces from Syria and his rejection of international alliances. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/us/politics/jim-mattis-defense-secretary-trump.amp.html?3