By Amber Phillips | The Washington Post
Two of President Trump’s highest-ranking Cabinet officials just took a giant step backward from their boss, raising the question of whether Trump’s inner circle is seriously considering abandoning him.
In separate, jaw-dropping comments that made news over the weekend, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appeared to distance themselves from the president on his response to the Charlottesville violence and, perhaps, in general.
Here’s Mattis: In a video that surfaced on Facebook over the weekend of Mattis speaking to troops stationed abroad last week, he urged them to “hold the line” and promised the country would “get the power of inspiration back.”
