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James Mattis

Official Department of Defense portrait of James Mattis.

Trump's first secretary of defense, who resigned in December 2018 citing the president's right to a secretary whose views were better aligned.

Relationship to Trumpdefense secretary in Trump's first administration

Timeline

  1. Mattis becomes Trump's first defense secretaryServed as defense secretary from January 2017 through December 2018defense secretary in Trump's first administration · documented · 2 sources
  2. Mattis resigns over differences with TrumpFormer secretary of defenseformer defense secretary who resigned over policy differences · documented · 2 sources
  3. Trump pushes Mattis out early after publishing his resignation letterFormer defense secretaryformer defense secretary · documented · 1 source
  4. Mattis breaks his silence and accuses Trump of abusing military power against AmericansPublicly estranged from Trumpformer defense secretary · documented · 1 source
  5. Mattis says Trump fomented the Capitol assault through falsehoods and political intimidationAttributed assessment from former defense secretaryformer defense secretary · documented · 1 source
Roles and relationships

Status

  1. Former defense secretary publicly condemning Trumprelationship / 2020-06-03–2020-06-031 source · Source
  2. Defense secretary departure accelerated to December 31, 2018office / 2018-12-31–2018-12-311 source · Source
  3. Former defense secretaryoffice / 2017-01-20–2018-12-312 sources · Source

Relationships

  1. Donald J. Trump

    Relationship to Trumpdefense secretary in Trump's first administration

    politicalFull record · 2 sources
  2. Donald J. Trump

    former defense secretary

    politicalFull record · 1 source
  3. Donald J. Trump

    former defense secretary

    politicalFull record · 1 source
  4. Donald J. Trump

    former defense secretary

    politicalFull record · 1 source
  5. Donald J. Trump

    former defense secretary who resigned over policy differences

    politicalFull record · 2 sources
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