As the New York Times has reported, General Jim Mattis has ruled out a potential independent bid for the Presidency.
The boss sent out an email to interested parties breaking the news:
All: I received an email from Jim Mattis yesterday saying that, after much consideration, he's decided not to pursue an independent bid for president. The thoughtfulness and patriotism--and for that matter, the modesty--Jim showed as he reflected on this decision make me more convinced than ever that he would have made a truly admirable president, and also a good candidate. But it's not to be. So we won't have a President Mattis.
But of course the fight to help the country do better than a choice between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton goes on.