being pulled out of a country by twitter. and i think certainly this is a moment for the president to understand that this is not acceptable, and as we look to ensure the continuity of the department of defense, we're going to need quality people who have quality commitment to our national security. >> right, which jim mattis did. i mean, that's the problem. he had all that and the president had no respect for it. i don't see any other way to see this, right? when you say you shouldn't be running this on twitter, okay. 24 hours later, after you first expressed that deep frustration here, which you just reiterated, the president ignores jim mattis on syria and then announces that mattis is retiring on twitter. okay, then we get the letter and nice-mat mattis is very clear, i am stepping down. the president puts the mattis thing out on twitter and isn't even honest about it. does that bother you? like what he thought we were all going to believe that mattis is retiring? by the way, he already retired from the military. he's not retiring. >> that is somewhat semantics in