Army Gen. Mark Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left office under a cloud of criticism for drawing the military into politics, trying to wrest power from then-President Donald Trump, and expressing support for partisan political parties. He is reportedly going to earn millions of dollars soon. Interview journalists and book authors while in uniform.
According to recent information, report Since retiring in 2023, Milley has become a senior adviser at JPMorgan Chase Bank, joined the faculty at Princeton University and Georgetown University, and “accepted lucrative paid speaking engagements,” according to The Intercept. In fact, Milley joins the same power speaker corps as Hillary Clinton, who infamously bought her time in government service.
“From a military salary of $204,000 a year, Milley’s compensation is certain to jump into the millions,” Ken Klippenstein of The Intercept wrote.
Milley has already begun giving paid speaking engagements with a new speaker’s company, the Harry Walker Agency. According to the report, the company’s website states that he recently attended a gathering of 160 CEOs hosted by global investment bank Morris & Company to provide an “insider’s perspective on global affairs.” It is shown that he participated in the question and answer session.
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Banks praised Millie on its website, writing: “He was amazing. We loved him!” “It was amazing!”
Earlier this month, Milley spoke at the American Council on Education’s 2024 Presidents and Prime Ministers Summit held at the Madison Hotel in Washington, DC. His lecture was sponsored by Deloitte, a global consulting and accounting firm.
The event page says his speech will be about “the marriage of democracy, higher education, and moral leadership in times of crisis,” and “the responsibility of leaders to uphold democratic principles and inspire resilience in difficult times.” It is written that “emphasis was placed on the
Jonathan Riskund, vice president for public affairs and strategic communications at the American Council on Education, told The Intercept that “the summit was only for the president and prime minister, and there is no record of it.”
Clinton reportedly earned about $200,000 in speaking fees each time, and in one year received more than $600,000 from Goldman Sachs alone. She and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, reportedly collected $153 million in speaking fees for her since leaving the White House.
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Milley is widely considered to be the most controversial chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in recent years.
President Trump nominated Milley to be the next chairman, despite the objections of then-Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, who couldn’t stand the Army general. Although Milley initially kept a relatively low profile, media outlets accused her of appearing to support President Trump’s efforts to restore control and calm after the George Floyd riots in the summer of 2020. After criticizing him, his attitude changed.
After that, a series of books criticizing Millie appeared, and anonymous accounts about Millie appeared. Neither Millie herself nor through her publicist has ever acknowledged the source of these accounts; rather, she has claimed that she has not read the books and cannot confirm them.
These testimonies allege that Milley instructed members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff not to take any orders from President Trump without his knowledge, in effect secretly up the chain of command without the president’s knowledge. It is said that he was participating in He also allegedly told the Chinese side that the United States would not attack China without prior warning.
Milley also caused controversy with a series of political statements he made during congressional hearings. At a House Armed Services Committee hearing in June 2021, he supported the idea that West Point cadets learn about critical race theory and also acknowledged the validity of the concept by saying: Ta. And I’m white. ”
Milley also claimed he had no knowledge that a drag show or drag queen storytime was taking place on a military base, despite an article about the event appearing in a daily news summary sent to the then-chairman. did.
Wake Army General Mark Milley told reporters less than four weeks after the Taliban entered Kabul that local forces are fully capable of defending Afghanistan from insurgent Islamic terrorist militias. https://t.co/77hkRdo89N
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During his time in office, Mr. Milley proclaimed his defense of democracy and morality, but he left behind a legacy of lower trust in the military than when he first took over, and a historic draft crisis. .
According to a poll by the Ronald Reagan Institute, five years ago, 70% of Americans said they had a great deal of trust and confidence in the military, but by 2022 that had plummeted to 48%. . The best reason The problem was that military leadership had become overly politicized.
In her retirement speech, Milley criticized Trump as a “wannabe dictator.”
Trump responded on Truth Social:
The incompetent execution of the withdrawal from Afghanistan led to perhaps the most embarrassing moment in American history, costing many lives, leaving behind hundreds of Americans, and handing over billions of dollars in the most expensive military equipment in history. Mark Milley is scheduled to be discharged from the military next week. This will be a time for all Americans to celebrate! This man turned out to be a Wake train wreck who, if the fake news reports are correct, was actually doing business with China to inform the US President’s thinking. This is such a terrible act that in the past it would have been punishable by death. A war between China and the United States could be the result of this act of treason. to be continued! ! !
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