Mattis calls revelations about President Trump in Woodward’s new book ‘fiction’

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis on Tuesday pushed back hard against a new book containing shocking revelations about how President Donald Trump has allegedly operated and how his most senior aides reportedly have little respect for him — allegations that have immediately raised questions about how long some of his advisers would continue to serve. Among the revelations in veteran journalist Bob Woodward’s new book, “Fear: Trump in the White House," Trump allegedly called for the assassination of Syrian president Bashar Assad after the 2017 chemical strike. -- More...