JAMES MATTIS/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When President Obama ingloriously fired Jim Mattis, I gave him a second chance. Some thought I shouldn’t, I thought I should. Interesting relationship-but I also gave all of the resources that he never really had. Allies are very important-but not when they take advantage of U.S.”

-Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 22, 2018 9:20 pm