Trump on the Firing of Navy Sec. Phelan: ‘I Really Liked Him,’ But He Had Some Conflicts, Not Necessarily with Pete

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TRUMP: “He’s a wonderful guy. I just put out a statement about him. He’s a very good man, I really liked him, but he had some conflict with, not necessarily Pete, with some other — he’s a hard charger and he had some conflicts with some other people, mostly as to building and buying their ships. I’m very aggressive in the new ship building, and somehow he just didn’t get along with them. He’s an excellent guy. I think he would have gotten along great with me, I didn’t really deal with him too much. But he’s — you know, I consider him to have done a very good job. I put out a nice statement about him.”