mo4ch:>'Fake News!' Trump denies reports he's eyeing anti-war Democrat as new Pentagon chief | Mo4ch News

US President Donald Trump has dismissed reports that he is considering making former Democratic senator Jim Webb the new head of the Pentagon as "fake news," tweeting that Acting Secretary Patrick Shanahan "is doing a great job."In a tweet on Friday, Trump lashed out at the New York Times, which had reported earlier that the commander-in-chief was considering the one-term Virginia senator and outspoken opponent of the Iraq war for the position of defense secretary."The story in the New York Times regarding Jim Webb being considered as the next Secretary of Defense is FAKE NEWS," Trump tweeted."I'm sure he is a fine man, but I don't know Jim, and never met him," Trump added, while praising Shanahan, the deputy secretary of defense and former aerospace executive with no military experience, who temporary replaced Jim Mattis after his December ouster.The Times, a favorite target for the president's attacks on 'failing' mainstrea…