Trump forces defense secretary Jim Mattis to step down two months early

  • In act of payback, Trump brings departure forward to 1 January
  • Deputy Patrick Shanahan named in acting Pentgaon role

Donald Trump is forcing defense secretary Jim Mattis to step down on 1 January, two months before his agreed departure, in open payback for the former Marine general’s public rebuke of the president’s decision abruptly to withdraw troops from Syria.

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