Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said today (December 23, 2018) that President Donald Trump campaigned two years ago to withdraw troops from Syria and will continue because the move is popular -- even if it led to the resignations of his Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and a special envoy to the region -- according to the USA Today website.
"This is not a snap decision. And it's not a surprise to anybody because it's exactly what the president said he was going to do," Mulvaney said.
He added: "If a Cabinet secretary simply has such a misalignment with the president's priorities that he cannot serve him, that is the right reason to leave."
"I think the relationship between these two men [Trump and Mattis] has been fraying," Mulvaney asserted. "I think the president no longer relied on Mattis to be able to deliver the president's vision."
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