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Mattis’s friends explained in television interviews that what most troubled the retired four-star Marine general and defense intellectual was not just that he could no longer affect policy, but also that his remaining in the cabinet was taken as an affirmation of Trump, a position he could no longer bear.

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So I have to do a little bit of the sort of work that a lot of you won't like, for the same reason that you don't like to see a magic trick explained to you.

Now, I've just laid out the picture for you, but I still haven't explained to you why this is happening.

But if you're interested in self-knowledge, as I am, the more interesting bit is, OK, so what did they say when they explained these choices?

And then, he explained his choice like this.

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