have left. ., , ., , have left. good morning. it is a big deal have left. good morning. it is a big deal. the prime have left. good morning. it is a big deal. the prime minister have left. good morning. it is a big deal. the prime minister said - have left. good morning. it is a big deal. the prime minister said on i deal. the prime minister said on monday he was going to make changes in downing street. certainly three of the people who have gone, the chief of staff, principal private secretary and director of communications were names that had been rumoured around westminster as potential departures because of the row over parties and the wait was handled by downing street. i think two things will worry borisjohnson. 0ne two things will worry borisjohnson. one is the departure of munira mirza which is a big deal. she has been at his side for 14 years. a couple of years ago when he was asked for the five most influential women in his life he talked about her. her departure letter wa
disgusted by the things he did. the tone of your departure letter was quite different. you wrote, i am greatly honored that you call on me to serve your administration and the american people. i m proud to have played a role in the many successes and achievements you have delivered to the american people. your record is all the more historic because you accomplished it in the face of relentless, implacable resistance. why aren t you saying then what you re saying now? this is december 2020. it might have had an effect on what happened january 6th. right. we well. at the time, the states had already certified their votes. i felt the die was cast. he was already leaving office. what i kept telling him is, parade your accomplishments out there. believe some dignity. put your record before the american people. that s what you thought at the time. right.
the administration or about to leave the administration with his character, his integrity, his reputation still solidly intact. i would argue that mattis might be in that category too just because you re right there in terms of the trend. he leaves with his reputation intact because he has really been the bull work and the buffer of this investigation. now the president didn t go there in terms of trying to fire anybody, but part of that is because he was getting a message from the department of justice and from rosen stain stein that he was going to stand strong. but i do think you re starting to see a trend here starting with mattis as well as some of these administration officials leaving and actually being willing to send a message to the american people that all is not well, and to share with the american people what their experiences have been in terms of that departure letter. coming up on morning joe on border wall funding eight house republicans broke ranks with the
unwittingly walked in front of him in the white house. m mattis laid it out saying you deserve a secretary of state that agrees with your vision. his vision has been things like withdrawing from the middle east before isis is defeated among others. withdrawing from south korea and withdrawing from nato. nato was the greatest deal that the americans could ever enter into. the idea we would have a coalition of allies that is in our interest to protect our national security. the only time article 5 was ever invoked was after 9/11. h ma mattis was so steeped in history. his departure letter is returning to duty and honor and