The Trump Administration, the stock markets in turmoil, the generals are out, the government is about to shut down and be in a bit of a crisis mode. This is a presidency in crisis right now. Were going to stay on top of all of the Breaking News. Thanks so much for watching. Erin Burnett Outfront starts erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com good evening, im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, the Breaking News, Defense Secretary jim mattis quits. In a stunning letter to the president of the United States, the four Star General Calling Out President Trump for not backing American Allies, for supporting authoritarian regimes. I want to read the entire letter, because this is a Turning Point for this administration, for President Trump, and for this country. Here is the letter from Defense Secretary mattis to the president of the United States, which he handed him today, in which he quit. Dear mr. President , i have been privileged to serve as our
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president is seriously considering a drawdown of u.s. troops in afghanistan, and that will leave afghan forces behind that the u.s. had pledged to support. so, that is part of the reason you see the construct of mattis letter. you see him make a strong case for alliances. you see him make a strong case that you have to push back against countries like russia and china, and mattis knows that the terrorism fight is far from over, that russia and iran are bad actors in this, and that isis and the taliban when the u.s. is not there, will be on the rise. so, barbara, obviously, the crucial thing here is, you know, you have someone standing saying they are resigning on principle because they cannot stand with the president of the united states. but saying he s going to stay until february. now, the president of the united states says he wants to get out of syria until february, unless something changes, and i suppose it could, given how all this is going down, jim mattis is going to hav