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Isolationist view and believes the u.s. does not have a frontline role anymore in fighting terror groups like isis. alison, dave. >> barbara starr, thank you. secretary mattis' decision to quit literally stunning capitol hill. one conservative republican who supports president trump may be wondering if the wheels are coming off. after reading the resignation letter, marco rubio tweeted it is clear we are headed toward a number of grave policy errors. he calls on people who support president trump to persuade him to choose a different direction. >> democrats are shaken. mark warner tweeting thi...

That essentially means james mattis quit under protest. he talked in that letter about the need to support alliances and about the need to support u.s. interests around the world at the time when president trump is taking a much more isolationist view and believes the u.s. does not have a frontline role anymore in fighting terror groups like isis. alison, dave. >> barbara starr, thank you. secretary mattis' decision stunned capitol hill. one conservative republican who supports president trump is wondering whether the wheels may be coming off. after reading the resignation letter, marco rubio ...

Opinion the defense secretary says he'll be leaving the administration by the end of february in his resignation letter the defense secretary appeared to criticize trump's america first foreign policy not to stress the importance of the u.s. maintaining strong partnerships such as nato and the international coalition fighting the so-called islamic state in syria james mattis knows the situation in syria and afghanistan well he thinks it's wrong to remove u.s. troops from these places or to cut their numbers by half both republicans and democrats express their worries after matters resignatio...

Strongly held. you have the right and on other subjects i believe it is the right time for me to step down from my position. that is a wow. it is not an ordinary resignation letter. maybe it's a lesson to those who are shaking their heads of why they can't seem to get jobs right away. >> it is not an ordinary moment here. james mattis's departure mark it is first time ever a defense secretary has resigned. rubio reacted to the letter. he tweeted it makes it abundantly clear we are headed towards a series of grave policy errors which will eng danger our nation and empower or adversaries.

Demonstrate why there was relief that there's a check on this president. i think you'll continue to see that. i think the idea that the president is doing a great job and this week is really great is you're in an echo chamber of your own. that is not how the country is seeing it. >> no, i'm at msnbc. i'm definitely not in my own echo chamber. >> republican reaction to mattis, mitch mcconnell, who does not like to be seen as publicly crossing this president, says, i am particularly distressed that he is resigning due to sharp differences of america's global leadership, not a singling out any pa...