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struggle4progress

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Sat Sep 2, 2017, 06:13 PM Sep 2017

Two top Trump advisers asked why they dont quit [View all]

By Aaron Blake
September 2 at 7:30 AM

... Neither .. disagreed with the premise that they are disillusioned or said they love serving Trump ...

... First off, Mattis notably doesn’t answer the question about whether he has considered resigning. Second, he suggests it’s one’s duty to serve, no matter what you think of the person in charge (even if you think the guy is a real jerk, apparently). And third, he suggests he can influence Trump ...

Cohn does nothing here to dispel that “gossip.” In fact, he seems to have largely confirmed it, arguing that tax reform is just that important to get done. He basically suggests that the opportunity is so big and the reform would be so historic that he can’t leave his job, no matter what he thinks of Trump ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/09/02/two-top-trump-advisers-were-asked-why-they-dont-quit-their-answers-speak-volumes/?utm_term=.036d1883dc7e

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