James Mattis was the first Defense Secretary to resign in protest. And by that, I mean the first in the history of the Republic.
That is not normal. But it is also not necessarily a rebuke of Trump, or of his ability to pick people. It could be just more evidence of how deep the Deep State is.
30 posted on 04/07/2019 4:03:48 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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32 posted on 04/07/2019 4:05:01 PM PDT by NELSON111
(Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog show. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")