said he has a lot of good candidates. shanahan is a black hole. we don t know a whole lot. we know virtually nothing about his world view. he came up through boeing. he knows a lot about the dreamliner and this 787. unclear if patrick shanahan has theories on how to counter iranian or russian influence from ukraine to afghanistan all across the globe. i think that s one of the big questions in the next two years, how does the defense department react to what everyone at this point acknowledges and that is an unconventional president. patrick shanahan was brought in by mattis, is that correct, to run the organization the of the pentagon. shanahan wasn t mattis first pick. shanahan basically, there s a personal connection. mattis had been the j.d. manager