Trump hits John Kelly for defense of Jim Mattis
By Marty Johnson - 06/04/20 08:41 PM EDT
President Trump Thursday evening slammed John Kelly, his former chief of staff, for defending James Mattis, his former Defense secretary, after Mattis criticized the president for his response to the nationwide protests.
"John Kelly didn’t know I was going to fire James Mattis, nor did he have any knowledge of my asking for a letter of resignation," he tweeted, saying that Kelly, who stepped down from his role as the president's chief of staff in 2018, wasn't part of Trump's "inner-circle," by that point.
Kelly earlier on Thursday refuted Trump's claim that he had fired Mattis from his post in 2018, telling The Washington Post “[t]he president did not fire him. He did not ask for his resignation."
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/501271-trump-hits-john-kelly-for-defense-of-jim-mattis
