I cringed after Donald Trump started trashing James Mattis following his resignation as Secretary of Defense. Mattis's departure was reportedly connected to Trump's announced withdrawal from Syria, which Mattis opposed. In response to Mattis's departure, rather than praise him for his service and acknowledge the tremendous progress they'd made together cleaning up the mess left by Obama, Trump trashed Mattis as "the world's most overrated general." Mattis wasn't the only person Trump kicked out the door with a litany of attacks.
