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US Defense Secretary James Mattis is concerned that President Donald Trump may ignite a “cataclysmic war” against another country due to his inability to comprehend geo-politics, says an American pundit.

“What Mattis’s concern is not the political interference of war making, but that it is ordered by a child-president and he would have to either obey or refuse direct orders, something he isn’t trained to d,” said Myles Hoenig, who ran for the US Congress in 2016 as a Green Party candidate.

“It would a lot more comfortable for him to be on the outside earning big bucks for the weapons contractors than serving as a civil servant engaged in a losing endeavor such as the next cataclysmic war,” Hoenig said Wednesday in a phone interview with Press TV.

“Democrats and other critics of the president fear Trump’s impetuousness and inability to comprehend geo-politics, but not enough so that they approved Mattis’s and Trump’s military budget of nearly $800 billion, $80 billion more than they even asked for,” he added.

PressTV-Trump may soon fire 'Moderate Dog' Mattis

Secretary of Defense James Mattis has reportedly fallen from Trump’s good graces, and may be fired after the midterm elections.

There have been intensifying rumors about the Pentagon chief’s future as Trump approaches the half-way mark of his four-year term amid speculation about changes to his cabinet after upcoming congressional mid-term elections in November.

Mattis on Tuesday flatly dismissed reports suggesting he may be leaving the Trump’s administration in the coming months, saying flatly: “I wouldn’t take it seriously at all.”

Mattis has become a focus in media stories in recent weeks about the Trump administration, particularly after the release of a book this month by Watergate reporter Bob Woodward that portrayed Mattis privately disparaging Trump to associates.

Mattis strongly denied making any such remarks. Trump on Sept. 5 said he defense chief would remain in his job, adding: “He’ll stay right there. We’re very happy with him. We’re having a lot of victories.”

But a New York Times report on September 15 said Trump had “soured on his defense secretary, weary of unfavorable comparisons to Mattis as the adult in the room.”