tweeted what appeared to be his response to mattis' resignation letter, quote, when president obama ingloriously fired jim mattis i gave him a second chance, some thought i shouldn't. actually, no, mr. president, everybody thought that was actually your best selection. donald trump went on to say i thought i should. interesting relationship. but i also gave all the resources that he never really had. allies are very important but not when they take advantage of you. the president wakes up at the white house this morning not traveling to mar-a-lago for the holidays as planned because of his government shutdown. that government shutdown he claimed he would take credit for