In today's Trump news, James Mattis suddenly quits after the announcement of the Syria withdrawal, and Trump immediately announces that Vladimin Putin will succeed him as new Sec. of Defense.
Okay, j/k about the Putin part. Though Putin is thus far the only person to publicly support Trump's decision.
The Mattis resignation letter cracks me up. He didn't "retire" as Trump claimed via tweet, he fuckin' rage-quit. It's a giant middle finger to Trump, and it talks about how his views are contrary to America's ideals and our national security, calls him out on Russia and China, and mocks him for the way he treats friendly foreign leaders. He quotes the parts of the Constitution that Trump ignores, and specifically references his own military credentials in subtle shade for Trump's draft dodging. It's a hoot, give it a read.
News reports are already circulating that Trump's going to pull all other US troops home in the coming days, too, from places like Afghanistan and Somalia. Maybe to station them along the US-Mexico border instead of, you know, chasing down ISIS in the middle east. Sounds like the the Fox News crowd has decided that sombrero-wearing brown people seeking asylum in America are now a bigger threat than turban-wearing brown people seeking death to the infidels.
Of course, we have to remember that all of this controversy is just typical Trump distraction. It's a way to reclaim the news cycle, so that nobody is talking about how Trump and his three kids are now legally forbidden from running nonprofit organizations (but not our country) after the Trump foundation was proven to be an elaborate front for criminal activities. It's a distraction from new investigative charges, and the mounting news reports about how every Trump venture from the past decade is apparently on the brink of criminal indictment. It's a distraction from his party's inability to pass a budget that keeps our government functioning, his crashing stock market, and the collapse of his wall fantasy.
Or, alternately, all of these simultaneous crises are the result of a man coming unhinged. Either way, I'm sure Putin is loving it.