Adam Smith actually said...

the comment that funding a border wall out of the Department of Defense is also unbelievably irresponsible.

no greater authority on that subject than current chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said exactly that.

You have served your country incredibly well, do an outstanding job, and we have always had a very open dialogue.

As I like to put it, they want to make the world safe for kleptocratic autocracy.