Mattis says, no rift 🚫 with Trump on North Korea

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Thursday pushed back on the perception that he disagrees with the president on the best strategy to handle tensions with North Korea.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday implied that diplomacy with North Korea is over, tweeting that “talking is not the answer.” When asked about the tweet 🐦 hours later, Mattis seemed to disagree, saying that “We're never out of diplomatic solutions."

But on Thursday, Mattis stressed that there was “nothing contradictory there" and said news reports have "widely misinterpreted" his comments. “It didn’t contradict anything the president said. We’re not talking to the North Koreans right now,” Mattis told reporters in an impromptu appearance at the Pentagon.

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