It didn’t take long for CNN personalities to use Secretary of Defense James Mattis’ resignation announcement this week to claim that President Donald Trump’s impeachment is more likely now than ever before.
Mattis, a former U.S. Marine Corps general, joined the Trump administration back in January 2017 and is one of the administration’s most widely respected members.
But Mattis offered Trump his resignation on Thursday after disagreeing with the president’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.
The resignation shocked the nation and U.S. allies, and it didn’t take long for CNN personalities to speculate that Trump could be impeached because Mattis is leaving while the nation is still awaiting special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russian collusion findings.
“And I have to say, John, to the idea of what the political ramifications are and impact of this, I heard from a Republican staffer on the Hill who said this makes impeachment more likely,” CNN anchor John Berman (pictured above right) said Friday on “New Day” to CNN political analyst John Avlon.- READ MORE