US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigns

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigns A day after United States of America (USA) claimed that America has defeated “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’ (ISIS) in Syria and called pullout from Syria, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned from his post. [caption id="attachment_230833" align="aligncenter" width="300"] US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigns[/caption] US President Donald Trump had ordered the US military to completely withdraw the army from the worn torn country Syria.

General Jim Mattis will be retiring, with distinction, at the end of February, after having served my Administration as Secretary of Defense for the past two years. During Jim’s tenure, tremendous progress has been made, especially with respect to the purchase of new fighting.... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 20, 2018

....equipment. General Mattis was a great help to me in getting allies and other countries to pay their share of military obligations. A new Secretary of Defense will be named shortly. I greatly thank Jim for his service!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 20, 2018

Donald Trump on Thursday had said that the US troops in Syria was no longer needed as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’ had been defeated by the US troops. [caption id="attachment_230834" align="aligncenter" width="286"] US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigns[/caption] Taking to the micro blogging Site twitter, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday had  tweeted, ”We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency”

We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2018

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