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| Trump fires Jim Mattis out the cannon. |
He and that moron Donald J. Trump couldn't see eye to eye on the controversial decision to leave Syria while the military is engaged in combat with the Islamic State.
Mattis written a resignation letter to Trump, saying he would depart so the moron could have someone in his cabinet that agrees to his ridiculous decisions.
Trump said Thursday evening that Defense Secretary James Mattis will be retiring in February, in a shock announcement adding to the list of the president's outgoing Cabinet members after his second year in office.
Mattis will step down "with distinction" after serving in his role for two years, the president said on Twitter.
"During Jim’s tenure, tremendous progress has been made, especially with respect to the purchase of new fighting equipment," Trump tweeted. "General Mattis was a great help to me in getting allies and other countries to pay their share of military obligations. A new Secretary of Defense will be named shortly. I greatly thank Jim for his service!"
Trump riled up generals and Republicans on Wednesday when he announced that he would pull all troops from Syria.
Mattis and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were not pleased about the decision.
Trump declared that the administration won the war against the Islamic State, even though the Pentagon said that the group still has 30,000 active members in the Middle East, Afghanistan and Africa.
Trump had told CBS 60 Minutes that he was likely to have Mattis replaced very soon.
According to CNN, some administration officials are bracing for a complete pullout of Afghanistan.
The U.S. has over 14,000 active military officials there. No decision has been made but officials are worried Trump might act soon to pull out of a conflict he has long claimed America should never have entered.
Mattis is known as the "Mad Dog" was former U.S. Marine Corp General.
Mattis commissioned in the Marine Corps through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps after graduating from Central Washington University. A career soldier, he gained a reputation for intellectualism and eventually advanced to the rank of general.
Mattis served in the Persian Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq. From 2007 to 2010, he commanded the United States Joint Forces Command and concurrently served as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Transformation. He was Commander of United States Central Command from 2010 to 2013. After retiring from the military, he served in several private sector roles, including as a board member of Theranos.
Mattis was nominated as Secretary of Defense by President-elect Trump and confirmed by the Senate on January 20, 2017. He needed a waiver from Congress to allow his nomination to be considered, as he had only been separated from the military for the previous three years despite U.S. federal law requiring at least seven years of retirement for former military personnel to be appointed Secretary of Defense.
As Secretary of Defense, Mattis has affirmed the United States' commitment to defending longtime ally South Korea in the wake of the North Korea crisis.
An opponent of proposed collaboration with Russia on military matters, Mattis has consistently stressed Russia's threat to the world order.
Mattis has occasionally voiced his disagreement with certain Trump administration policies, opposing the proposed withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, and has criticized budget cuts that hamper the ability to monitor the impacts of climate change.
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