Donald Trump seems to believe that by invoking former President Barack Obama people will belive his lying tweets, so he brought up his predecessor as he lashed out at his former chief of staff John Kelly, who pointed out that Trump did not fire James Mattis and the president must have been “confused” when he said he had.
In a series of three tweets, Trump suggested Kelly knew nothing because he was “not in my inner-circle.” He also said Kelly had been “totally exhausted” working in the White House and “in the end just slinked away into obscurity.”
In a second tweet, he added: “The problem with asking for someone to give you a letter of resignation, which you do as a courtesy to help them save face, is that it is then harder to say you fired them. I did fire James Mattis. He was no good for Obama, who fired him also, and was no good for me!”
…in my inner-circle, was totally exhausted by the job, and in the end just slinked away into obscurity. They all want to come back for a piece of the limelight!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 4, 2020
The problem with asking for someone to give you a letter of resignation, which you do as a courtesy to help them save face, is that it is then harder to say you fired them. I did fire James Mattis. He was no good for Obama, who fired him also, and was no good for me!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 4, 2020
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