“Says he’s the one who gave the nickname “Mad Dog” to former Defense Secretary James Mattis.”
What PolitiFact found
The nickname dates back at least as far as 2004, when it was used in the headline of a Los Angeles Times article — 12 years before Trump first used the nickname publicly.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (president) made this claim around 3 June 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 June 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
Where the claim appeared
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