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 don't see him on camera holding press conferences. he would come talk off camera to reporters. you don't see him out there that much. he's very measured. he tried very hard never to get crosswise with the president because of president trump's sensitivities. at the same time, he made it very clear he didn't see his job as saving president trump. he saw his job as supporting the u.s. troops out in the field risking their lives. and he will be concerned tonight that those troops see his move to resign as not being disloyal. that is something i think is fair to say is going to trouble him. how this is portrayed to the troops in the field. so he's taken great pains in this letter to say president trump, i can't really support what you're doing, soy need to