Updated Day 704

Author: mkiser

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 6/ **Trump attacked the Federal Reserve, tweeting that "the only problem" the economy has "is the Fed"** and suggesting that "they don't have a feel for the Market." Both major stock indexes fell in the worst day of Christmas Eve trading ever following Trump's tweets. ([CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/24/us-stock-futures-fall-slightly-as-the-dow-attempts-to-rebound-from-its-worst-week-in-a-decade.html) / [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-24/trump-blasts-federal-reserve-as-u-s-economy-s-only-problem) / [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/markets/dow-drops-653-points-worst-christmas-eve-trading-day-ever-n951661))
 
-7/ **Trump directed Mike Pompeo to fire Jim Mattis after the defense secretary had already resigned**. Trump tweeted that Mattis was retiring "with distinction" at the end of February, but after reading the general's resignation letter, Trump announced that he was removing Mattis from his post by Jan. 1 – two months before the defense secretary had planned to depart. Trump appointed Patrick Shanahan – Mattis's deputy and a former Boeing executive – to serve as the acting defense secretary, calling him "very talented" and adding that "he will be great!" Shanahan will take over the government's largest and most complex agency with no military or foreign policy experience. ([Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-forces-mattis-out-two-months-early-names-shanahan-acting-defense-secretary/2018/12/23/b78a0478-06d2-11e9-a3f0-71c95106d96a_story.html) / [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/23/us/politics/trump-mattis.html) / [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/24/politics/who-is-patrick-shanahan-acting-defense-department-secretary/index.html))
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+7/ **Trump directed Mike Pompeo to fire Jim Mattis after the defense secretary had already resigned**. Trump tweeted that Mattis was retiring "with distinction" at the end of February, but after reading the general's resignation letter, Trump announced that he was removing Mattis from his post by Jan. 1 – two months before the defense secretary had planned to depart. Trump appointed Patrick Shanahan – Mattis's deputy and a former Boeing executive – to serve as the acting defense secretary, calling him "very talented" and adding that "he will be great!" Shanahan will take over the government's largest and most complex agency with no military or foreign policy experience. ([Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-forces-mattis-out-two-months-early-names-shanahan-acting-defense-secretary/2018/12/23/b78a0478-06d2-11e9-a3f0-71c95106d96a_story.html) / [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/23/us/politics/trump-mattis.html) / [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/24/politics/who-is-patrick-shanahan-acting-defense-department-secretary/index.html))