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International business entanglements, these concerns are getting bigger not smaller with each passing day in the news as we get closer to him being sworn in. Because this stuff keeps coming up, when it comes up, the more you look at it, the worse it is. For example, we now know that the daughter of the President Elect, she apparently got a Big Business Deal Greenlighted by a governmentcontrolled bank in japan right after that bizarre and otherwise inexplicable spectacle where the President Elect invited his daughter to sit in on his inperson meeting with the japanese Prime Minister. If that deal in fact only got greenlit because of the new political position of the trump family, well, then that action by that governmentcontrolled bank in japan, tha ....
Him up and work with him where we can. the mattis resignation announcement was very shocking for people on capitol hill. it s almost in line what they were expecting from trump. he espoused that saturday on he s made unorthodox moves before with foreign policy and foreign relations. when he portrayed himself about mr. businessman, mr. smart about the economy president and because the gop has been fairly in line with what he s done in terms of pt tax plan and other economic moves, for him to mack this sort of a call, again, he was just suggesting it, questioning about it on twitter, but if he actually did that, that would actually rupture one of the central parts of the faith of the gop on capitol hill and that would be a much more dramatic, i would guess. i was on capitol hill when the mattis announcement came. ....
Announcing he will retire at the end of february. now we re hearing more resignations could be on the way at the pentagon. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom. i m jon scott. julie: i m julie banderas. the mattis announcement coming shortly after president trump ordered the drawdown of u.s. troops from syria. jon: jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with more. make no mistake. this is not a retirement. he is resigning in protest over the president s national security policies. this was a resignation based on principle according to those familiar with his decision. the first time in 40 years a cabinet official has resigned over a policy difference with the president. the last person to do so was jimmy carter s secretary of state desire us vans during the iran hostage rescue. the last straw was the president s order to withdraw from syria. ....
Governments to tell him what to do, this comes at a really delicate moment in terms of this transition, in terms of national security and this new incoming president and his administration. today in fayetteville, north carolina, the president held this second mass rally that he s done since the election. mass rallies may be a permanent feature of his presidency. at the first one last week it was mostly just a campaign-style event as if he were still running against hillary clinton. they chanted lock her up. he was telling the assembled crowd a secret, that they should not tell anybody, but he said that this week on monday of this week he d be announcing his choice for defense secretary, former marine general james mattis. the mattis announcement it was itself a little chaotic. mattis announcement was leaked on thursday, then denied by the trump transition later on thursday, then thursday night the president-elect went to this mass rally and said he wasn t ....
Done since the election. mass rallies may be a permanent feature of his presidency. at the first one last week it was mostly just a campaign-style event as if he were still running against hillary clinton. they chanted lock her up. he was telling the assembled crowd a secret, that they should not tell anybody, but he said that this week on monday of this week he d be announcing his choice for defense secretary, former marine general james mattis. the mattis announcement it was itself a little chaotic. mattis announcement was leaked on thursday, then denied by the trump transition later on thursday, then thursday night the president-elect went to this mass rally and said he wasn t officially making the announcement yet, nobody should tell anybody, he would make it on monday. monday came and they didn t make the announcement. then tonight on tuesday they did roll out their secretary of defense choice general mattis. secretary of defense jim mattis will be subject to senate confirmation. ....