Mattis Denies Any Interest In Presidential Bid

Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, in no uncertain terms, denied having any interest in a presidential run Tuesday night, telling Fox News’ Martha McCallum that he’s trying to find a way to say “no even stronger.”


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1246284

This is more about Trump than Mattis.
Much more…

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Why would anyone even ask him about running for President?

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Sell that book, General, sell, sell. When that silence on trump is broken sell us Volume Two.

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When FoxNews is asking other GOPers if they want to run for president…

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Personally, I think he’s figured out that by stringing everyone along, he’s gonna up both his speaker’s fees and his book advance.

He’s had enough time to learn the art of the grift from Don the Con, his Evil Spawn, and all the greedy henchmen.

I personally am not convinced of his great “patriotism” and “sacrifice” in “saving us” from Cheatolini.

It was an audience plant…for the purpose of (see above).

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Mattis: I am eager to see the fresh ideas from people who handle a much broader array of issues that I have.

The world is eager to see someone that is at least as smart as a snail.

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But not to encourage rumors of his own reportedly turbulent relationship with the President.

RUMORS huh?..the book will be out,rumors will be dispelled…Trump will be further exposed as a dolt, GOP will shrug its collective shoulders…toxic tweets will burn our retinas…

Stupid line of inquiry from Fox. Ho hum…

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I am sorry only because it would piss trump off so very much to be primaried by Mattis. But in the end, Mattis is just another naked partisan who will take shots at anybody with a D after their name, but won’t say boo about trump. Screw Mattis, he can bite me.

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Doesn’t he have his hands full running concentration camps for kids?

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Who said it better? Re: Trump

Mattis…“limited cognitive ability”

Or

Rexon…“a fucking moron”

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Sorry, but there is no Republican who can save us from Trump. If you oppose Trump, your only option is to vote Dem.

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Because he displayed so much valor and never shied from talking truth to power… and also demostrated that he cares for all Americans not only those that are part of the Military-Industrial Complex.

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He’s the very model of a post-modern major general.

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I believe that’s John Kelly… but he’s dishonored himself for trump all along :unamused:

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promising that his silence on his stint in the Trump administration will not be “eternal,”

Let’s hope so because a good patriot wouldn’t allow Trump to spend one more day as President, and if he or she had information that could help remove him or others in the administration from power sooner, they should be telling everyone.

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I’m with both of them but I do think Rex put it better, in language everyone can understand.

@tpr

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https://thehill.com/policy/defense/416822-mattis-likens-border-deployment-to-1916-effort-to-counter-pancho-villa

???

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