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Essentially, i think it is fair to say he would have played some role. i don't know how much of a role or perhaps less of a role than if he had been allowed to stay on as he planned for a couple more mont, or if he had not resigned in the first place. i think what is more clear is that he did overshadow this trip, both by his absence, not traveling with the president as he might have if he was planning to stay in the role, and because president trump not only having not visited the troops prior to this troops -- forward-deployed troops prior to this, but also this visit wind up being almost a ...

>> that's right. the letter from mattis, on his policies. that's why you saw him want to let mattis go earlier than when he stepped down. the president needs to have somebody in that position who he can rely on and who he sees eye to eye with on these issues. >> one of the things the president's talked about is who he's been in touch with that's helped him make this decision. turkey has said they're going to step in and work in this region. of course, we have to determine how that will work out for the kurds. president also tweeted ab saudi arabia. this is their region. they're going to work a...

Author of the new book "the true st. nicholas" and why he matters to christmas. here is the media narrative. unnecessary government shutdown. jim mattis is the last elf in the room and it's all donald trump's fault. bill: he's president of the united states and he'll attract a lot of attention. but this is a guy who paints in intoald strokes. you could get another guy doing the same thing but it wouldn't be in trump's style. direct, bold, in your face. howie: the stories tend to be about that. that's partially the media and the way the president tweets and invites that coverage. bill: they hat...

Re ryan, and steve clemmons. mr. crystal, i'll start with you. your first reaction when you heard that secretary pompeo had called to relieve the general of duty early. >> he really can't. he has no authority to do that. he's a peer of secretary mattis. i suppose when the president asked you to do it, there no fundamental problem. it shows the president is too cowardly to deliver the message. and john kelly who would be an appropriate person to deliver a message directly from the president, i'm sure john kelly refused to. he and mattis go way back. he wouldn't set up a two-month transition to ...

Former cabinet official and author of the book "the true st. nicholas" and why he matters to christmas. here is the media narrative. unnecessary government shutdown. jim mattis is the last elf in the room and it's all donald trump's fault. bill: he's president of the united states and he'll attract a lot of attention. but this is a guy who paints in intoald strokes. you could get another guy doing the same thing but it wouldn't be in trump's style. direct, bold, in your face. howie: the stories tend to be about that. that's partially the media and the way the president tweets and invites that ...