President Trump tried to disguise this fact, tweeting late on Thursday that Mattis “will be retiring, with distinction, at the end of February.” But administration officials don’t “retire.” They “resign,” and Mattis—who already did retire as a four-star general from the Marine Corps in 2013  can't help but think something afoot.  resignation at end of Feb.  Trump brought him out of retirement, and hopefully all arrests will be made in January