In all of US history, has a Secy of Defense (or, before they were called that, a Secretary of War) ever resigned in protest be4 this week?

As a result of bitter disagreements with President Woodrow Wilson regarding America’s national defense strategies, Lindley M. Garrison resigned his position as the United States secretary of war in 1916.

Probably... it is not the end of the world, you know!

Robert McNamara is for example.

There have been more firings and resignations in the past 2 years than in the previous 100 years put together.

Not since 1916 (correction), according to history. It cracks me up how cons keep saying he retired. He tore Trump a new one in his letter in respectful language dripping with disdain. Are there any more adults in the White House? Oh yeah, Kelly, who has obviously had just about enough too.

You do know that Jefferson Davis had been secretary of War in the

Buchannan administration, do you not? Numerous others as well.

Yes, no precedent was set.

Yes.

NEXT!

That is not what his resignation letter said and the left wing is speculating that he was asked to leave aka fired. Your speculation means very little.

He was told 8 months ago to get out of Syria in 6 months and he built our presence instead.

Trump is going through people so fast he will be putting want ads in the paper soon

No. Why?