then you can decide for yourself. >> it's clear from the letter you were right all along. kaitlan collins, i want to bring you in. once again this is an important point john has been making all morning. the end result is that eddie gallagher gets to keep his trident, gets to go on fox news and trash his superiors. once again the president is victorious. >> the navy secretary was well liked at the pentagon too. even by the president. people thought he was going to resign in protest this week. his letter seemed he could have written it like he was resigning in protest this week. instead, it was more of an acknowledgment he was being terminated. of course it is exactly what the president wanted in the end. that's the end result. and that's what i think is so striking to military officials is that not only is the president getting his way here, but he was still trying to intervene in this case even though they said on friday he wasn't going to. and essentially that was their big problem with this. that was spencer's problem with this. that the president was getting involved when it should have been left up to the military to