Mattis was FIRED...He isn't retiring.

[BigmanPigman]

He said earlier that he wants to stay since he is worried about what will happen if he leaves.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

1. If he fired him...The Big Green Machine is going to go..

APE-shit. Testicle just lost the Marines.

[octoberlib]

2. They read his resignation letter on CNN. He might have been fed up and Syria was the last straw

Wouldn't be at all surprised if Trump had somebody fire him , though.

Link to tweet

Former CIA ops officer on the Mattis news: "You ever wonder what’d be like if a wheel came off of your crossover vehicle with your whole family in it on the freeway? Well, your gonna get to experience it without your family being in any immediate danger. In February."

[BigmanPigman]

3. CNN is the source that first said he was FIRED and not retiring.

The letter is the typical letter that the people he fires send as is expected of them.

[Horizens]

4. Not Fired

He resigned and made his protest against trump's lunacy very clear.

[USALiberal]

5. Link please! nt

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. I read it as him resigning in protest. nt

[Johnny2X2X]

7. Syria

He resigned in protest of Syria.

[octoberlib]

8. A colonel is on Ari saying Mattis was fired. He said he talked to Mattis not long ago and

Mattis wanted to stick with it for the good of the country.

[BigmanPigman]

9. Several people who know him have said this on both CNN and MSNBC for an hour.

That is why I posted he was FIRED and didn't resign. This is what all the people he has fired do...they write a "resignation" letter after they are informed that they "have been retired".

[cwydro]

10. No, it's being reported through numerous news outlets that he resigned in protest.

Good for him.

[BigmanPigman]

11. I am skeptical...Go figure I don't trust anyone anymore.

[Tipperary]

12. No, this is not true.

Though I admire no one in rump’s orbit, I give Mattis kudos for this.

[BigmanPigman]

13. I am wondering about whether he was fired or not now.

Those on CNN and MSNBC said he was fired before his letter was released. Now that his letter has come out I am thinking that it was perhaps a protest resignation, especially since people have reported later that when he met with the fake prez he was "livid".