Trump says Mattis could leave

Sometimes I despair with Trump. He has a brilliant, steadfast, loyal, conscientious defence secretary but instead of saying all these things he implies in a television interview today that Jim Mattis might go because he's a Democrat at heart. Talk about pulling the rug out from under Mattis's feet. Why does he do this to the members of his cabinet? He has shafted Jeff Sessions so many times I'm amazed the attorney general is still alive, let lone still in his job. But that goes back to when Sessions recused himself from leading the Russia collusion investigation and handed over to Rod Rosenstein which infuriated Trump. He has never forgiven him. But Mattis has hardly put a foot wrong until Bob Woodward revealed to the world in his latest book that Mattis had referred to the president as a fifth or sixth-grader when it came to knowing about foreign policy issues like North Korea. Trump probably believed Woodward even though Mattis, through sources, tried to suggest he would never have said such a thing. But the Woodward book quote must have got under Trump's skin because here he was on TV saying Mattis might want to leave. The two of them had lunch together a few days ago at the White House. Did Mattis hint he might want to spend more time with his family? I seriously doubt it. Trump is just deliberately putting Mattis on notice and for no reason whatsoever. If I know anything about him he will go on doing his job as best as he can until his commander-in-chief tells him it's time to go. What a way to run a government. Is this how he ran his businesses?