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Resignation letter nor understood the stinging rebuke of him. the president grew increasingly angry as he watched a parade of defense analysts go on television to ex told ma tis praf ri. another aide said until he decided on sunday that he had enough. on sunday president trump tweeted what appeared to be his response to mattis resignation letter, quote, when president obama ingloriously fired jim mattis i gave him a second chance, some thought i shouldnt. actually, no, mr. president, everybody ...

Fact that his original tweet after getting that resignation letter but apparently not reading it was to be -- to give praise to general mattis, to say he was retiring and doing so with distinction so just reading into the shift in his tone suggests he was upset with the news coverage, upset with the rebuke that was more than implied in the letter from jim mattis so you can analyze that as such and i think picking up on what josh quite frequentally said, theres a shift in the types of people the ...

Who is live at the white house. geoff, were learning more and more about just how mattis was told he was leaving early. what can you tell us? >> morgan, great to see you. two senior administration officials tell us secretary mattis learned of his revised end date in a phone call yesterday from secretary of state mike pompeo rather than from president trump directly president trumps outsourcing the delivery of bad news. he usually leans on john kelly to do that sort of thing but john kelly, as we...

Canadians. >> isnt that a boot. >> so why are we concerned -- why arent we concerned? because they are white people. ive gotten over this fight in the last week. weve seen and john meacham is right its the whole thing. its all about keeping nonwhite people from crossing the border, the fears are all race based. >> rick tyler, thank you so much for being with us this morning. we do appreciate it. hope you have a great christmas. up next senator bob corker revives his classic hash tag. alert the d...

It appears president trump read the resignation letter. it was a rebuke of the actions and world view of trump. sources also tell us the president grew frustrated over the news kvrj that depicted mattis as the last moral and intellectual restraint on trumps impulses. that is why the president apparently tried to push mattis out, punish mattis with an early retirement, firing him after mattis already quit. that said, youve got democrats and republicans alike worried about mattiss departure and th...

Months ahead of his scheduled resignation date. "the new york times" reports he did not initially read the resignation letter. the friendly rebuke of president trumps policies. the president grew increasingly angry as people extolled mattis bravery. he decided on sunday he had had enough. that was the backdrop to make mattis second in command, the acting secretary of defense starting january 1st. pentagon correspondent for foreign policy and phil rucker for "the washington post" and an msnbc pol...

Who filed his re-election paper work the day he took office. think about that. nobody has ever done that before. no sitting president ever launched their re-election campaign that early. everything in the political universe, every legislative decision, every major news story in 2019 will be viewed through the prism of 2020. all this hour, were going to dive into the big questions that will be answered in 2019 like who will get in. how nasty will it get between house democrats and the president. ...

Anyone who really focuses on these issues would believe him. thats why envoy mcguirk quit early, thats why secretary mattis resigned which is a rebuke of the presidents world view and his position in syria. the president owes it, i think, to the american people to come forward and state what is the criteria he is using to reach the conclusion that isis is defeated. he needs to speak to issues like how will we address the civil strife that continues in syria, the refugee crisis in syria, the huma...

Secretary. what do we know about the deputy defense secretary patrick shanahan and how he became the presidents pick for the top job now. >> we know that mr. trump became very upset when he began seeing the extensive coverage of the departure of james mattis and his letter of resignation was a total rebuke of mr. trumps military and initial security. mattiss letter is talking about the need to defend allies on the battlefield to take a hard line with countries like russia and china. the presiden...

Isnt celebrating either. hes leaving, too. how do we get here with one tweet from the president, once again, rocking the globe. president trump calling for a full and rapid withdrawal of forces in syria. the news, stunning allies and those in his own party. >> obama made this decision, republicans would be all over him. >> its hard to imagine any president would wake up and make this decision. >> colossal in my mind, a grave error. >> again, on the heels of trumps syria decision. james mattis he...