Trump will let Mattis ‘override’ him on torture

Published January 27, 2017 6:31pm ET



President Trump on Friday said he will allow Defense Secretary James Mattis to decide whether the U.S. should bring back enhanced interrogation methods, despite his own belief that torture works.

“We have a great general who has just been appointed secretary of defense and he has stated publicly that he does not necessarily believe in torture,” Trump told reporters during a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May.

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