Good riddance to James Mattis — Trump's last general
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The “adults in the room” were never going to save us from Trump’s tweets and tantrums
By Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon
On Jan. 28, former general James Mattis was sworn in as Secretary of Defense--and prop for Trump's immigration order.
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The word “unprecedented” is being used a lot by retired generals, political pundits, and national security experts discussing the resignation of General James Mattis as secretary of defense yesterday. No one could remember a member of any president’s cabinet resigning without lobbing a few words of praise at the president who appointed him, but Mattis did just that on Thursday. His letter of resignation, it was noted, did not even feature a citation such as “sincerely” in closing. Mattis s...