trump told General Milley not to bring wounded vets to events because "no one wants to see that"
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, who is retiring at the end of the month, says that former President Donald Trump once warned him not to bring a wounded veteran to public events again.
In a profile piece titled "The Patriot" for The Atlantic by Jeffrey Goldberg, details about Milley's welcoming ceremony in 2019 were revealed like Trump allegedly saying that "no one wants to see" wounded veterans.
At the ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Milley chose Luis Avila, a wounded army captain, to sing "God Bless America." Avila lost a leg in an IED attack in one of his 5 combat tours.
According to Goldberg, the ceremony was a rainy day and Avila nearly toppled over as he was being pushed in a wheelchair. Helping him were Milley's wife, Hollyanne, and then-Vice President Mike Pence.
Trump came up to Milley, who has clashed with the former president before, after the performance and said, "Why do you bring people like that here? No one wants to see that, the wounded" and barred Milley from inviting him to future public events.
https://themessenger.com/politics/milley-says-trump-told-him-to-ban-wounded-vet-from-events-no-one-wants-to-see-that?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark
In a profile piece titled "The Patriot" for The Atlantic by Jeffrey Goldberg, details about Milley's welcoming ceremony in 2019 were revealed like Trump allegedly saying that "no one wants to see" wounded veterans.
At the ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Milley chose Luis Avila, a wounded army captain, to sing "God Bless America." Avila lost a leg in an IED attack in one of his 5 combat tours.
According to Goldberg, the ceremony was a rainy day and Avila nearly toppled over as he was being pushed in a wheelchair. Helping him were Milley's wife, Hollyanne, and then-Vice President Mike Pence.
Trump came up to Milley, who has clashed with the former president before, after the performance and said, "Why do you bring people like that here? No one wants to see that, the wounded" and barred Milley from inviting him to future public events.
https://themessenger.com/politics/milley-says-trump-told-him-to-ban-wounded-vet-from-events-no-one-wants-to-see-that?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark
