WaPo's Josh Dawsey: Trump complained after meeting that Mattis's resignation letter was so negative

[highplainsdem]

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Mattis quit in Oval meeting this afternoon, and POTUS was given printed copy of letter. He was seen holding it in West Wing later and complained that it was so negative.

[Stuart G]

1. Takes a negative person to know a negative letter..

[elleng]

2. No sh*t, sherlock!!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Well, yeah. That was the point, wasn't it?

The letter was a big ol' FUCK YOU.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. * shakes head, once again, at the inanity of it all",,,,,,,n/t

[Blaukraut]

5. He is completely oblivious to how much most of the world hates him n/t

[erronis]

6. And tomorrow he won't remember any of it. Adderall? "What, me worry?"

[dhill926]

9. I think you nailed it...

scary fucking times.

[hedda_foil]

7. Who'd he get to read the letter to him?

[keithbvadu2]

8. 21 gun FU

21 gun FU

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211573494

[ecstatic]

10. I doubt he read the entire letter or even the first paragraph.

Did someone read it aloud to him?

[SergeStorms]

11. I guess he's not as stupid as I thought.

I thought he'd surely start bragging that Mattis resigned because Trump knew so much more about Isis and Afghanistan than he did. Mattis was embarrassed by Trump's superior knowledge and "gut" feelings.

OK, I didn't really think that, but it sounds like something Trump could glean from Mattis's letter of resignation, considering his monstrous ego and all.

[herding cats]

12. I'm almost positive he didn't know it was negative until he saw it reported on the news.

Before that, at best, he skimmed it and saw the polite and positives and moved on. Then he heard it was derogatory and had someone actually read it for him, and expound on the underlying meaning.