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Carazaa Some more commentary from generals Milley, Mattis & McMaster (some retired) who served under tRump
According to “War,” a new book released earlier this month by Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward, Milley, a retired four-star Army general with more than 40 years of service, warned that Trump is a “fascist to the core” and “the most dangerous person to this country.”
Milley also told Woodward that he had his “suspicions” about Trump’s mental decline but eventually came to the realization that “he’s a total fascist.” He said he was “deeply convinced” that Trump remained a danger to the country after he lost the 2020 election and recounted his fears of being court-martialed if Trump wins in November.
Mattis, who resigned as defense secretary in December 2018 over Trump’s policy in Syria, labeled him a threat to the Constitution in a 2020 article from The Atlantic and accused him of ordering the military to violate the constitutional rights of citizens and of dividing Americans.
Written around the time of the mass protests across the country in response to the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed African American in Minneapolis, Mattis said in the piece that he watched the militarized response “angry and appalled,” adding, “We must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our Constitution.”
More recently, Woodward revealed that Mattis privately agreed with Milley’s assessment that Trump was a threat to the country.
McMaster, a three-star Army general known for his roles in the Gulf War and Operation Iraqi Freedom, offered a detailed but harsh account of the Trump White House in his new book, “At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House.”
McMaster, who served as national security adviser from 2017 to 2018, described meetings in the Oval Office as “exercises in competitive sycophancy” where advisers to the former president would flatter him by saying things to placate him. He also detailed outlandish remarks by Trump, like, “Why don’t we just bomb the drugs?” in Mexico and “Why don’t we take out the whole North Korean Army during one of their parades?”
And let's not forget tRump's former chief of staff, retired four-star Marine Corps general John Kelly.
“What can I add that has not already been said? A person that thinks those who defend their country in uniform, or are shot down or seriously wounded in combat, or spend years being tortured as POWs are all ‘suckers’ because ‘there is nothing in it for them.’ A person that did not want to be seen in the presence of military amputees because ‘it doesn’t look good for me.’ A person who demonstrated open contempt for a Gold Star family – for all Gold Star families – on TV during the 2016 campaign, and rants that our most precious heroes who gave their lives in America’s defense are ‘losers’ and wouldn’t visit their graves in France."
"A person who is not truthful regarding his position on the protection of unborn life, on women, on minorities, on evangelical Christians, on Jews, on working men and women. A person that has no idea what America stands for and has no idea what America is all about. A person who cavalierly suggests that a selfless warrior who has served his country for 40 years in peacetime and war should lose his life for treason – in expectation that someone will take action. A person who admires autocrats and murderous dictators. A person that has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, our Constitution, and the rule of law."
“There is nothing more that can be said,” Kelly concluded. “God help us.” — Mon October 2, 2023
