BREAKING: Media Punked By Fake Gen. James Mattis SECDEF Announcement

American Military News ^ | 12/01/2016

[SeekAndFind]

The Washington Post first broke the news today from “sources within the Trump transition team” that President-elect Trump had selected General James “Mad Dog” Mattis as his Secretary of Defense. After every major media outlet in the country, including this one, reported it, Jason Miller, a Trump spokesman, wrote on Twitter that “no decision has been made yet with regard to Secretary of Defense.” According to CNN, the official announcement is expected early next week.

Following the mass media confusion, Jason Miller told The Washington Examiner: “My sources are better than their sources. Trust me on that one.”

According to The Washington Post, a source close to the transition team told them that President-elect Donald Trump had reportedly selected General James “Mad Dog” Mattis to be the Secretary of Defense. The 66-year-old Mattis first enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1969 and retired in 2013 as one of the most beloved four star generals. In 2010, Mattis was appointed by President Obama to replace General David Petraeus as commander of the United States Central Command.



Last month, President-elect Trump confirmed on Twitter that James “Mad Dog” Mattis was being considered for for the position and that the meeting they had was “impressive.”

Following their meeting, reporters asked President-elect Trump if he would choose Mattis for the position. “All I can say is he is the real deal,” Trump replied. “He is the real deal.”

[BenLurkin]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3500371/posts

[SeekAndFind]

RE: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3500371/posts

I know about that link. This article in fact REFERS to it and then says it’s not confirmed.

[NEMDF]

FAKE NEWS Could be The Donald just testing the MSM again. LOL

[Emergencyawesome]

Trump Jr. too, he retweeted a story from The Hill

[detective]

More “fake News” from the Washington Post.

[Vaquero]

Rick rolled again

[catnipman]

More fake news from fake news sources.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

He’s the KING of trolls. ;)

[justlurking]

Or, could it be a trial balloon?

[Dr.Deth]

Boy, the one time I wanted to believe Fake News CNN...

[RedStateRocker]

Agreed here...

Would have been perfect for the job.

[NorthMountain]

Or, could it be a trial balloon?

If it's a trial balloon, I'll speak in favor of it. Good idea, would be a good selection.

[bkopto]

The WaPo has egg all over its ugly face! HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAA

[cmt21]

Yeah, but he also retweeted Jason Miller.

[DarthVader]

Good let them suffer!! Mattis is a fearsome character who will put ALL of America’s enemies in their place including the domestic ones.

[thorvaldr]

That explains why there was nothing about it on Trumps twitter account.

It’s funny how people think things like this are done purposely by Trump and not just a mistake on WaPo’s part. As conspiracy theories go, I guess the theory that you are some sort of Machiavellian genius is a pretty good one. Or is it part of his Machiavellian plot to make everyone think he is a Machiavellian genius?

[McGruff]

Somebody should create a website with all the reports the Mainstream Media has gotten wrong since Trump came on the scene. It would be Yuge.

[Col Frank Slade]

Unless you hear it from Trump, ignore it.

[Ancesthntr]

I hope that it is true anyway - Mattis would be the perfect choice for SecDef - I would predict no wars under his leadership, but if I’m wrong, then we’d WIN that/those wars - “win” as in WW2, with total devastation upon the enemy, and our tanks and troops parading through their capitol.