nations of the world look to and say, you know, as long as he or she is there, we're in pretty good shape. that's often the federal reserve chairman, you know, like a paul, people knew if there was a crisis, he could handle it better than anybody else. if there is a crisis, who do we look to for stability for judgment, for deliberation, the way we looked to jim mattis. >> so, you know, here's the thing, juliette. when you look at, you know, in the letter, the letter could not be more clear. it is polite. it is gracious. and it is a rebuke. and it is clear because you have the right to have a secretary of defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, i believe it is right for me to step down. but the president of the united states tweets out, general jim mattis will be retiring. okay? my question to you, juliette, is, president trump knew, right? he knew we were all going to find out the truth, but yet he tried to spin the narrative to retiring. did he really think he could do