Suppose US Secretary of Defense James Mattis prepares to welcome Vice President Mike Pence to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on Thursday, Dec. 20. EFE-EPA/Erik S. Lesser US President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Gen. James Mattis will leave the post of defense secretary. "General Jim Mattis will be retiring, with distinction, at the end of February, after having served my Administration as Secretary of Defense for the past two years," Trump wrote on Twitter.
Can we infer that "Today being November 19, and the dates mentioned in the context being Thursday, Dec. 20 and "the end of February", it can be assumed that the events of this context have already come to pass."? Yes, no, or maybe?
Suppose US Secretary of Defense James Mattis prepares to welcome Vice President Mike Pence to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on Thursday, Dec. 20. EFE-EPA/Erik S. Lesser US President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Gen. James Mattis will leave the post of defense secretary. "General Jim Mattis will be retiring, with distinction, at the end of February, after having served my Administration as Secretary of Defense for the past two years," Trump wrote on Twitter. Can we infer that "Today being November 19, and the dates mentioned in the context being Thursday, Dec. 20 and "the end of February", it can be assumed that the events of this context have already come to pass."? Yes, no, or maybe?