Posted on 06/04/2020 2:16:03 PM PDT by livius
Generals WIN battle with Donald Trump as 82nd Airborne soldiers are REMOVED from D.C. after chairman of joint chiefs publicly slammed president telling troops to 'uphold the Constitution'
Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne division of the Army were ordered out of Washington, D.C. and back to Fort Bragg, North Carolina on Thursday night
The about 200 active duty troops were kept on standby at bases near the nation's capital and were never called into the city in the midst of riots
The move is a clear reversal after Donald Trump faced backlash for calling in the military to serve as backup should the National Guard need assistance
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, former Army General John Allen and former Defense Secretary James Mattis all pushed back against Trump
Milley told troops in a Thursday memo to 'uphold the Constitution' 'We all committed our lives to the idea that is America' after he defended protesters' right to assemble,' he added in pen at at the bottom of the letter
Mattis and retired four-star General Allen both bashedTrump in separate op-eds
They specifically called out police clearing Lafayette Park with tear gas and rubber bullets so Trump could visit a church across the street for a photo-op.
'It may well signal the beginning of the end of the American experiment,' Allen said of the church visit where Trump held up his bible for photos .
'Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people - does not even pretend to try,' Mattis wrote
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Every single person democrat, Republican, protest supporter or not that I’ve spoken to wants military in place.
Trump thought that the Military LEADERS were PRO-AMERICAN!! HA! They are ALL EVIL DEMOCRATS!
Piers Morgan wasn’t always a never-Trumper. Very often he wasa voice of reason in many areas.
I believe we often automatically associate the higher level of the officer corps as being conservative just because they are military. That may be a mistake on our part.
GIRLY GUY ESPER MUST BE FIRED ASAP!!!
We all knew when we voted for Donald Trump that he wanted to drain the globalist swamp. Sometimes, humans can only do so much. We shall see.
Need to make sure the story is true. Getting a sense that this is fake news.
Read Esper and Milley’s lips. It’s mostly not fake news, unfortunately. POTUS got hit with a Deep State truck yesterday. They all dumped on him.
He was talking about upholding the Constitution but also did not approve of the violence, Pretty much the DOJ line from today’s press conference which was right on.
Someone who saw the letter used by the Daily Mail says this is not true.
Agreed. One difference. Bush’s people are showing their hand right now. Something changed.
Nobody wants to be seen as being supportive of POTUS on hot button issues because that is a swamp career ender. They view him as a short timer and think The Swamp is forever.
it will not hurt to have them in DC. People who are working in DC are not happy about the state of affairs down there. If after a couple of days things continue to be calm, then remove them. The funeral was today and the pastor called for continued protests.
And we know that protests lead to hostility.
Esper still no decision on Capt of the USS Roosevelt.
He was talking about upholding the Constitution but also did not approve of the violence, Pretty much the DOJ line from today’s press conference which was right on.
And the lines from Mattis and the other retired stooges. They all hit the same talking points. This was an orchestrated hit on command authority yesterday. No doubt in my mind.
What kind of American General would even use the term ‘American experiment’?
Exactly.
Esper still no decision on Capt of the USS Roosevelt.
He still hasn’t decided which medal to decorate him with. Has Vindman made the promotion list yet?
If I remember correctly, Barry the Luo removed a lot of generals and replaced them with social justice monkeys.
The DOJ took the POTUS stance. I listened to the Press Conference.
3 years into the Trump administration i can spot s fake headline a mile away. This one is a layup.
Yes Obama got rid of very strong leaders in our military.
Trump must be getting so tired of the BS he’s had to deal with continually, every single day.
No navy recommended reinstatement. Esper wants to think about it.
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