Trump's move to pull US troops out of Syria was reportedly the final straw for Mattis
- Secretary of Defense James Mattis, who announced his resignation from the Trump administration on Thursday, is reportedly leaving because President Donald Trump refused to heed his warnings about withdrawing US troops from Syria.
- Trump said a day earlier that he intends to pull American troops out of Syria, saying that ISIS militants had been defeated there.
- Mattis' resignation letter is a sharp rebuke of Trump's policies.
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