Mattis hiring commieprog aholes is not out of the art of war. It’s crap.
We can't tell what is going on from out here in the boonies.
Mattis is a skilled warrior. He knows there is also a war going on in DC.
When you're draining the swamp, you don't tell the alligators what you are going to do or where you are going to be.
I could be wrong, of course, but having watched Trump for a very long time, I trust him to make the right decisions.
Trump understands full-well how to confound the enemy...so does Mattis.