Former President Trump on Wednesday called retired Gen. Mark Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a “loser” after a hearing on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“Mark Milley is a loser who embarrassed us in Afghanistan and elsewhere!” President Trump said Posted by Truth Social.
This is not the first time President Trump has lashed out at his appointees.
Milley has become a critic of Trump, calling him a “wannabe dictator” in his retirement speech in September.of one week before the speechTrump accused Milley of treason in a post on Truth Social, which appeared to be a reference to Milley’s call for reassurance from China at the end of Trump’s term. is.
“This is such a terrible act that in the past it would have been punishable by death!” Trump’s post read. “A war between China and the United States could be the result of this act of treason. Continued!!!”
“I don’t agree with the comments, but this is a free country and people can say what they want to say,” Milley said Tuesday in response to President Trump’s September post during a House Foreign Affairs hearing on the Afghanistan withdrawal. Ta.
“With all due respect, everyone, I am here for the families of Abbey Gate,” Milley continued, referring to the 13 American soldiers who died in the chaotic 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“And I leave those comments. Even if I don’t care about those comments and I don’t agree with them, they have a right to say them,” Milley said. “But I want to keep the focus on these families.”
The Hill reached out to the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, where Milley is the Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor and Lecturer.
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