With Jim Mattis gone, has the last proverbial adult left the White House?

Defense secretary was the last of a four-person group to balance the president’s more mercurial tendencies and analysts are alarmed Jim Ma... thumbnail 1 summary

Defense secretary was the last of a four-person group to balance the president’s more mercurial tendencies and analysts are alarmed

The departure of defense secretary Jim Mattis from the Trump administration, announced late Thursday, prompted concern about its timing, falling as it did one day after Donald Trump announced a surprise withdrawal from Syria and as reports circulated that the president was considering a similar withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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