U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis: Dismisses Reports He May Be Leaving Trump Administration

Mattis responds to reports his time at the DoD is short: You shouldn't take the reports seriously.

Adds how the "rumor" is spread by the news.

"Of course I don't think about leaving, I love it here. I'm thinking about retiring here, getting a little place down on the Potomac." pic.twitter.com/vNZxRvajXN

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) September 18, 2018

The Hill: Mattis dismisses reports of his exit: 'I love it here'

Defense Secretary James Mattis on Tuesday brushed off reports that he might leave the Trump administration later this year.

"I wouldn't take it seriously at all," Mattis told reporters, advising them to "keep a sense of humor about it."

"How many times have been through this, now, just since I've been here?" Mattis said. "It will die down soon, and the people who started the rumor will be allowed to write the next rumor, too."

"Just the way the town is," he added.

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