President Donald Trump interrupted his very first Pentagon briefing on America’s commitment to the world with a bizarre rant about himself.
Former Defense Secretary James Mattis had prepared meticulously for the July 20, 2017, meeting, and his former speechwriter Guy Snodgrass said the retired U.S. Marine Corps general appeared extremely nervous about briefing the new president for the first time, according to a new Politico feature.
“As the seconds ticked down, Mattis’ nervous energy had been palpable,” Snodgrass wrote in the article. “Unusually so. Normally stoic and deliberate with his movements, this morning he was electrified.”
View the complete October 21 article by Travis Gettys from Raw Story on the AlterNet website here.