Defense Secretary James Mattis, who had planned on retiring from his position in February, was instead fired by President Trump due to, among other things, disagreements regarding the removal of the 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria.
Trump insists that the Islamic State has been defeated there, while Mattis, and several other high-ranking military officials, believe the opposite. The only high-ranking military man in agreement with Trump is Russian President Vladimir Putin, who feels that we shouldn’t have been there in the first place.
It appears Trump Towers, the Moscow edition, is right on schedule.
Michael Haworth, Vallejo
