Week 110 - Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ Resignation

This week Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, thought to be one of the sane  and sober voices remaining in the regime, resigned in a public letter  rebuking Trump’s treatment of allies and deference to authoritarians.  Trump’s abrupt withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria was the last straw  for Mattis, a decision reportedly made on a call with Turkish President  Recep Tayyip Erdogan the week before. Mattis’ departure elicited  bipartisan concern, and placed the country on edge.

This week Trump’s beloved stock market continued to crater, as the  markets entered a correction period with Dow Jones Industrial Average’s  worst weekly performance in 10 years, and on track for the worst  December since the Great Depression. By the week’s end, Trump was  privately agitating about firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, in  what would be an unprecedented act.

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