po post, to his left. they're general who is the president often called his most treasured advisers. but after two years in office, the president seems eager to minimize those military minds, ignoring kellyies advice and listen to what he said about mattis moments ago. >> i gave our generals all the money they wanted. they didn't do such a great job in afghanistan. general mattis was so thrilled. but what's he done for me? how has he done in afghanistan? not too good. as you know, president obama fired him and essentially so did i. >> to be clear, james mattis resigned in protest. with me is peter bergen, who has an op-ed on cnn.com about the