Military Times: ‘We got quite a laugh’: Pentagon bats down Mattis 2020 report
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is not considering a run for president, and certainly not saying that if he did run, he’d “kick Trump’s ass,” the Pentagon said Thursday.
“We got quite a laugh out of it in our morning meeting. It’s pure fiction — plain and simple," said Pentagon press secretary Dana White.
The latest Mattis 2020 rumor was published by Beltway Breakfast, an online publication that was previously focused on reporting on broadband technology. In the piece, a reporter said the ass-kicking comment came about as Mattis and other military officials discussed the possibility that the defense secretary would be asked by President Donald Trump to step aside.
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