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Gen. Milley 'repeatedly blew up' at Trump over racial justice protests, new book reports
The Week via Yahoo ^ | 6/28.21 | Brendan Morrow

Posted on 06/28/2021 12:34:19 PM PDT by central_va

Brendan Morrow, Staff Writer Mon, June 28, 2021, 7:26 AM Mark A. Milley and Donald Trump Mark A. Milley and Donald Trump BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Former President Donald Trump and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley reportedly found themselves in a heated shouting match in the Situation Room last year.

The account comes via reporter Michael Bender's new book Frankly, We Did Win This Election, as revealed Monday by Axios. According to Axios, the book describes how Milley "repeatedly blew up" at Trump over how racial justice protests should be handled in the summer of 2020, with Trump looking to invoke the Insurrection Act.

A passage from the book describes how during a meeting in the Situation Room, Trump reportedly "exaggerated claims about the violence and alarmed officials," announcing he "put Milley 'in charge.'" But Milley reportedly "confronted Trump about his role," telling him he "was an adviser, and not in command," at which point Trump "had enough."

"I said you're in f---ing charge!" Trump reportedly shouted at Milley, prompting Milley to yell back, "Well, I'm not in charge!" Trump reportedly then told him, "You can't f---ing talk to me like that!" Milley reportedly said to others, "Goddamnit. There's a room full of lawyers here. Will someone inform him of my legal responsibilities?"

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cjcs; markmilley; milley; pos
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It appears the Deeps State reached the Pentagon. Like you needed more proof...
1 posted on 06/28/2021 12:34:19 PM PDT by central_va
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To: central_va

Milley reminds me of an obese elderly queer, ala Judge Nap.


2 posted on 06/28/2021 12:37:47 PM PDT by MagUSNRET ((" I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of he night"))
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To: central_va

What “racial justice protests”?


3 posted on 06/28/2021 12:38:56 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: central_va
A passage from the book describes how during a meeting in the Situation Room, Trump reportedly "exaggerated claims about the violence and alarmed officials," announcing he "put Milley 'in charge.'" But Milley reportedly "confronted Trump about his role," telling him he "was an adviser, and not in command,"

So he refused a direct order from the Commander in Chief. Talk about insurrection.

4 posted on 06/28/2021 12:39:43 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: BenLurkin

BLM/AntiFa were riots and not protests!!


5 posted on 06/28/2021 12:40:02 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: central_va

Milley should be stripped of his dagger and bolts and his green beret burned. Traitor!


6 posted on 06/28/2021 12:40:42 PM PDT by LuciusDomitiusAutelian (netstat -an | grep BS)
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To: central_va

The story is a bunch of useless gossip.


7 posted on 06/28/2021 12:40:47 PM PDT by Socon-Econ (adical Islam, )
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To: central_va

I love how these generals objected to the use of troops to quell violence on our streets.

But war on another country? Send our sons and daughters to a foreign country to nation build and prevent riots and violence? Oh, that is just fine. And if our sons and daughters die in the process? That’s fine as well. As long as said generals get cushy retirement jobs working for the military industrial complex, it’s all cool.

Send our troops to preven black owned businesses from being burnt to the ground and looted? Never!!! That would be RACISSSSS!!!


8 posted on 06/28/2021 12:40:48 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: pepsi_junkie

These people are traitors. No other word will do.


9 posted on 06/28/2021 12:40:54 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: central_va

But do you invoke the Joint Chief of Staff? Probably not.


10 posted on 06/28/2021 12:41:41 PM PDT by Oystir
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To: central_va

Interesting that with the new “president” with whom Milley agrees, they can’t shut him up on issues he knows nothing about and shouldn’t be opining. And how do they let senior military officers get that obese? I thought the Army had physical fitness standards so that you have to run your legs and not your mouth.


11 posted on 06/28/2021 12:42:12 PM PDT by laconic
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To: Socon-Econ
The story is a bunch of useless gossip.

Maybe true but information is information. When will we see denials???

12 posted on 06/28/2021 12:42:29 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: pepsi_junkie

This traitor should have been dismissed of his command on the spot and court martialed. Then sent to a fed max sec pen


13 posted on 06/28/2021 12:42:37 PM PDT by LuciusDomitiusAutelian (netstat -an | grep BS)
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To: MagUSNRET

Definitely has that vibe.


14 posted on 06/28/2021 12:44:56 PM PDT by Obadiah
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What a petulant bitch


15 posted on 06/28/2021 12:45:23 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: central_va

Remember you can’t believe any of this one way or the other.

This book is propaganda and not credible.


16 posted on 06/28/2021 12:45:29 PM PDT by ifinnegan ( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: central_va

I believe the media and deep state would have LOVED to see US Army in Portland, New York and Seattle, bashing protestors, to build the narrative of “Trump is a dictator.”

IMHO, how it turned out was probably the best for Trump. I had always assumed he carefully cultivated this position: Let Americans see burning democrat cities. Talk tough, demand order, and continuously offer help - but make the punk Mayors and blue-state governors be forced to make the call.


17 posted on 06/28/2021 12:45:33 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: laconic

Obama cleaned out the top brass. And most flag officers are nothing but politicians. In Milley’s case he did serve in Spec Ops. But it is the NCOs that really do the wet work. Not the officers. No offense to officers in our Spec Ops community but you know it’s true.


18 posted on 06/28/2021 12:45:55 PM PDT by LuciusDomitiusAutelian (netstat -an | grep BS)
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To: central_va

Milley Coyote...


19 posted on 06/28/2021 12:46:25 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: central_va

Fake, hysterical news from Yahoo. The headline is wrong. It wasn’t about “racial” whatever, and there’s no controversy. No big deal there at all.


20 posted on 06/28/2021 12:47:03 PM PDT by familyop
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