No, President Donald Trump likely has little need for a chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, given his penchant for ignoring unwelcome advice and preference for his own “commonsense” gut instincts, ...

James Mattis as head of U.S. Central Command – and Trump once quipped that the "only thing" he and Obama had in common was "the honor of firing Jim Mattis." Obama and Mattis fell out over the ...