Posted on 10/14/2018 9:01:25 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
President Trump said he is unsure whether Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will leave the administration and described him as “sort of a Democrat,” amid reports of friction between the two.
Trump made the remarks in an interview with CBS News’s “60 Minutes” that airs Sunday night. An excerpt of the interview was released Sunday morning.
“Well, I don’t know; he hasn’t told me that,” Trump said when asked whether Mattis might be leaving his position.
Trump said that he has a “very good relationship” with Mattis and that the two had lunch together “two days ago,” but the president added that “it could be that he is” leaving.
“I think he’s sort of a Democrat, if you want to know the truth,” Trump said. “But General Mattis is a good guy. We get along very well. He may leave. I mean, at some point, everybody leaves. Everybody. People leave. That’s Washington.”
Mattis has often publicly walked back some of Trump’s more controversial statements on foreign policy, and the two have a strained relationship, veteran journalist Bob Woodward has reported in his book “Fear.”
In one episode reported by Woodward, Mattis described Trump as having the understanding of “a fifth- or sixth-grader” after a National Security Council meeting. In another episode, after Trump said he wanted to have Syrian President Bashar al-Assad assassinated, Mattis reportedly agreed but later told an aide, “We’re not going to do any of that.”
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Trump unsure whether Mattis will leave, says he is ‘sort of a Democrat’
Being “sort of a Democrat” is like saying the neighbor down the street being pushed into a police car was “a nice fellow most of the time except when he was killing people.”
No Democrats allowed. Anywhere. Ever.
Do you accept a rattlesnake in your living room?
Then don’t accept Democrats in your home. Especially the People’s House on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Just saw this on RT.com.
All part of PDJT’s decoys...look over here, MSM...here, kitty, chase it.
I hope there are not some here are who are too stupid to believe what he just said is true it is part of the game to keep the Left guessing, hoping on disarray.
Like that old Madonna song.
When your Boss starts dropping lead weight ‘hints’ that you might be leaving that job, it’s probably a good week to start clearing out your desk.
I don’t know a lot of what Mattis has been up to. I won’t pretend otherwise. One thing I do know that I don’t like is that Mattis wants to continue enabling Transexual recruits to join the military. To me, having the Government pay for their gender transition is not a good use of Govt. funds, not when so much of our weaponry is way out of date.
Gay acceptance is one thing, that alone is already quite disruptive but may be doable, however, the Trans aspects seem headed in a way of Public Health Care. This is not the primary purpose of a military.
As reported by Woodward ... in other words UTTER BULLCRAP.
“...but the president added that “it could be that he is leaving...”
In the business world, in which Trump is accustomed to, that says enough.
Of course, Mattis has Sessions’ example to follow.
Oh Jeez!
Explains why “Mad dog” was slow walking the trannys in the military issue. The Haditha Marines went through hell because he wouldn’t stand by his men. People actually bought into the hype because he said a cool thing here or there. Still doesn’t make him the reincarnation of Patton.
This why we still have faggots and trannys in the military.
This is why I wish he wouldn’t even talk to the 60 Minutes types
I would hope that Mr. Mattis has too much military pride to allow himself the refuge of a scampering Dormouse.
Because Obama purged all of the Republican/Conservative Generals......we need fresh blood at the top of all of our branches of the Military.
People who think that they’re not the sex they were born should be disqualified immediately as they are suffering from mental health issues.
I have wondered about Mattis and his support for this nonsense. Perhaps he is the New York Times leaker.
Calm down - it is a WaaaaaaPo story...
He was TRUMP's 1st choice but he passed due to family issues so he recommended Mattis to TRUMP
Yes, of course General James Mattis as SECDEF needs to prove his conservative bona fides on FR. You need help.
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