"Mattis accessed the Administration thru an individual who was FIRED from the transition team. The reason for firing? He was meeting with Chinese & Vietnamese communists in Beijing." https://twitter.com/RichHiggins_DC/status/1268330216285495296 Who is Rich Higgins?  Former Strategic Planning at NSC.  Was hired by General Flynn.  Was pushed out in 2017.  Here's a MSM take on it: https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/08/10/heres-the-memo-that-blew-up-the-nsc/ I trust this man (and President Trump's) assessment of Mattis since I trust General Flynn hired good people.  And the DS went to some trouble to take him and General Flynn out of the picture. Looks like now they're coming back into the picture.