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Should happen. >> well we should havene the president's tax returns. i had a speech the other kay speaking at an event for hidden heros. initiative for care givers. and as i was walking throughs i usually do through the kitchen to get to the podium, one of the busboys said to me, when the president says to you that the muller investigation is going on too long, just remind him not as long as his audit of his tax returns. >> what do you make of donald trump's relationship with vladimir putin? >> i think that the president's relationship with thugs all over the world is a --. vladimir putin? rea...

Themselves in that gauntlet? >> yes. the answer is yes. i just think it's remarkable. michael and i are friends and i respect him a great deal. but sometimes i feel like i'm in this 1984 novel where you're supposed to kind of unthink certain things. now mattis is just like hillary clinton boob and who cares about him. i can remember you sticking up for mattis and others in the trump administration -- >> i love mattis. >> you just threw him under the bus. >> i'm saying he's not, he's not san saint francis of acee sassisi. i wish you would join this administration. the first things you did in th...

>> van, i'll ask you the same question i asked michael. does the president bad mouthing people who were his -- in his cabinet when they leave for a variety of reasons, does that hurt or does that make other people not want to put themselves in that gauntlet? >> yes. the answer is yes. i just think it's remarkable. michael and i are friends and i respect him a great deal. but sometimes i feel like i'm in this 1984 novel where you're supposed to kind of unthink certain things. now mattis is just like hillary clinton boob and who cares about him. i can remember you sticking up for mattis and othe...

An admiral's analogy. for quite some time now. he's the good gotten rid of fly, now mattis. sounds like he's a little tired of the generals. the problem is, this is not an episode of the apprentice where i give you six months to design a chair. this is war fighting which takes time. if you simply withdraw and overrule those military experts. that's what i'm concerned about. >> call it fallout now. from iraq. where you see both sides talking about how they're not thrilled of the president's trip. after some back and forth about whether they would meet in person. >> that's good news for presiden...

Defend themselves violently, if necessary. >> the president has fired top officials on twitter, made destabilizing foreign policy announcement on twitter, has even potentially obstructed justice on twitter, but with his 56 million twitter followers, 40,000 tweets and counting it seems the creature cannot be stopped. >> merry christmas, fareed zakaria starts right now. this is "gps," the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria. today on the show a bombshell from the pentagon, defense secretary james mattis announces his resigna...