Decision, we are told, to draw down troops in afghanistan leaving Afghan Forces that the u. S. Had promised to support to the hands of the taliban and isis in afghanistan had to be two issues that were troubling jim mast t jim mattis significantly. His Code Of Ethics is you do not walk away from your friends on the battlefield. Mattis tonight simply may have run out of runway room ahead of him that he felt he could use in dealing with the president. He had been sidelined. He had been his advice on these matters had been rejected clearly. And mattis had had a strategy that simply wasnt working. He was trying to keep a low Public Profile and never say anything that would be contradictory to the president of the United States. He knew that this would infuriate trump. He knows that President Trump doesnt like to see other people
out there in public speaking. That it is all reserved for the president. So mattis over the last two years had had a strategy. You dont see him on camera holding p
Assert themselves. Well, and here we are. Guys, i dont even know where to begin. That is all we have for mtp daily tonight. In the midst of the Breaking News, the house is voting right now on the key vote that will apparently tell us more about whether there is a shut down coming and we have this National Security imploegsion. And our Breaking News continues with ari melber. I dont know if i dont know if Breaking News is enough to describe everything that is happening right now, but the Trump White House might be unraveling. I heard you say nightmare and unraveling. We have the language here, bry let you go, of general mattis say you have the right to have a Secretary Of Defense that whose views are better aligned with yours. Where do we go from here . And if you believe jeremy bash who said the president that secretary matt is was never going to resign and the president would have to fire him. So it is some form of resignation or protest or firing, but either way, major and one of the
reasons he stepped down. you have leaders, great leaders who have left the administration in dismay, and the rest of them have left in disgrace. that s what this administration has been about. we don t want to be fear mongers in terms of our country. this great country can withstand just about anything, but it shouldn t have to. it shouldn t have to. yes, i am shaken by the resignation of general mattis for what it means to our country, for the message it sends to our troops, and for the indication of what his view is of the commander in chief. tonight, in reaction to the surprise resignation of the defense secretary james mattis, you heard the remarks from new york senator chuck schumer, the leader of the democrats in the senate, and nancy pelosi, the incoming speaker of the house. tonight in reaction to that resignation, i will tell you that one of the leading lights
which he knows he can t do by law, and maybe that is one of the reasons he stepped down. you have leaders, great leaders who have left the administration in dismay and the rest of them have left in disgrace. that s what this administration has been about. we don t want to be fear mongers in terms of our country. this great country can with stand just about anything. but it shouldn t have to. it shouldn t have to. there is yes, i am shaken by the resignation of general mattis, for what it means to our country, for the message it sends to our troops and for the indication of what his view is of the commander-in-chief. tonight in reaction to the surprise resignation of the defense secretary james mattis, you heard the remarks from new york senator chuck schumer, the leader of the democrats in the senate and from nancy pelosi, the incoming speaker of the
you have leaders, great leaders who have left the administration in dismay, and the rest of them have left in disgrace. that s what this administration has been about. we don t want to be fearmongers in terms of our country. this great country can withstand just about anything, but it shouldn t have to. it shouldn t have to. yes, i am shaken by the resignation of general mattis. for what it means to our country, for the message it sends to our troops and for the indication of what his view is of the commander in chief. as president trump grapples with the resignation of his defense secretary and the fallout over his syria withdrawal amount he s mulling pulling u.s. troops out of another conflict. he s drawn up plans to withdraw troops from afghanistan. that s according to two defense officials and a person briefed