Trump: Mattis is 'sort of a Democrat, 'don't know' if he plans to leave admin
Source: CNN
President Donald Trump said in an interview segment released Sunday that he was unsure how long Defense Secretary James Mattis planned to stay in his administration.
"Well, I don't know," Trump said when asked whether the Pentagon chief would be leaving in an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes." "He hasn't told me that."
Trump said the two maintained "a very good relationship," but he allowed for the possibility Mattis would leave.
"I think he's sort of a Democrat, if you want to know the truth," Trump said in the interview slated to air Sunday night. "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."
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/14/politics/donald-trump-james-mattis/index.html
Calling Mattis "some sort of Democrat" must mean Trump thinks he's not a rapist, racist, or corrupt.
Initech
(100,087 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)Initech
(100,087 posts)irisblue
(33,001 posts)Initech
(100,087 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,771 posts)Which unqualified sycophant will he be replaced with?
sandensea
(21,642 posts)My guess is that Cheeto will fire Mattis within days of the election. They'll probably start some war early next year.
jmowreader
(50,561 posts)"I really want Erik Prince to be Secretary of Defense. I can't fire that loser Mattis until after the election because my base loves him and they'd turn against me if I don't turn them against him. So I'll start running him down now, and in December I should have all the support I need to get rid of him."
"And I wanna war - like the kind that gave that idiot Bush his reelection. And hey: Wadda I need to get one? Another 9/11 or something?"
Turbineguy
(37,356 posts)Mattis takes the wiring diagram of the nukular button with him.
japple
(9,833 posts)It's really frightening.
Javaman
(62,531 posts)"Sort of a democrat"
lanlady
(7,135 posts)"but he's a good guy." Nice way to insinuate that being a Democrat and a good person as a rule are mutually exclusive. Such a uniter, our POTUS. Such a profound thinker.