Lindsey Graham was on CNN just before noon – well before Mattis resigned – and explained to CNN who else in Trump’s close orbit disagrees with him pulling out of Syria.
Who advised President Trump to pull U.S. troops out of Syria? Not @LindseyGrahamSC—and Graham added that Pompeo, Mattis and Bolton were against the move as well. pic.twitter.com/eFemnureiw
— Kate Bolduan (@KateBolduan) December 20, 2018
This jives with what we know about Bolton. He was very much against Obama pulling out of Iraq, as he believes we need to have a strategic presence in that region.
And regarding Pompeo, Graham says he actually spoke to Pompeo yesterday and that’s how he knows Pompeo disagrees with Trump on this.
Obviously the cat is out of the bag with regard to Mattis.