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Generals WIN battle with Donald Trump as 82nd Airborne soldiers are REMOVED from D.C.
UK Daily Mail ^ | June 4, 2020 | Katelyn Carrlaye

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

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: artofthedeal; braking; dailyfail; dailywail; dc; fakenews; military; patriotsincontrol; tds; trump; trusttheplan; watchandlearn
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To: conservativepoet

I believe there was no teargas and/or the use of rubber bullets.


21 posted on 06/04/2020 2:22:32 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: livius

The DM is spinning.

Again.

If Trump allowed them to leave it’s because he has intel that indicate they won’t be needed.


22 posted on 06/04/2020 2:22:59 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: livius

The 82nd is no longer needed.


23 posted on 06/04/2020 2:23:14 PM PDT by WASCWatch
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To: mewzilla

The DM is spinning.

Again.

If Trump allowed them to leave it’s because he has intel that indicate they won’t be needed.
________________

I agree. Smells fishy.


24 posted on 06/04/2020 2:23:44 PM PDT by conservativepoet
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To: livius

Are the military joining in the coup?


25 posted on 06/04/2020 2:24:29 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: livius

they should be court marshaled.
this is war.
their seditious, treasonous actions are a risk
to the ELECTED PRESIDENT and the PEOPLE.

court marshal them if true.


26 posted on 06/04/2020 2:24:53 PM PDT by Diogenesis ( WWG1WGA)
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To: livius

If this happened — Trump made the call and probably did it because it is no longer needed. Trump said his preference was to let the states handle these riots. DC may not be a state but it is probably already sufficiently protected.


27 posted on 06/04/2020 2:25:24 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: livius

“Generals WIN battle with Donald Trump.”

The Daily Mail has less credibility than the NYT. The Daily Mail is written for women who are addicted to soap operas and love more gossip about Kardashians, Megan, Harry and Elton Joh’s children. Everything the DM publishes is divisive, just like NYT, LA Times, etc. The inference of the DM article is that Trump lost. Well, no. Trump won and is winning, big time. And DM hates a winning America.


28 posted on 06/04/2020 2:25:29 PM PDT by Falconspeed
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To: livius

Mattis is auditioning for a spot in Biden’s Vice-President’s Cabinet.

Mattis is a treasonous sot, giving aid and comfort to our enemies in a time of war.

His judgement is impaired, this phony warrior monk. The luggage under his eyes says he’s spent too much time slammin’ down the Who Hit John.

Never thought I’d say such a thing. Never thought I’d see him do such a thing.

Mattis, Swamp General, he’s no Fox. Just a fool.


29 posted on 06/04/2020 2:25:32 PM PDT by Quentin Quarantino
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To: livius

This sounds really stupid. Like someone made something up.


30 posted on 06/04/2020 2:25:32 PM PDT by grimalkin (Communism is the final logic of the dehumanization of man. -Fulton J. Sheen)
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To: WASCWatch

It a week .... one resignation coming up!


31 posted on 06/04/2020 2:25:34 PM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: Lisbon1940

Yep.

Esper was our first clue.


32 posted on 06/04/2020 2:25:34 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: livius

I don’t think much of Milley either.


33 posted on 06/04/2020 2:25:36 PM PDT by sauropod (Quarantine is when you restrict sick people, tyranny is when you restrict healthy people.)
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To: livius

As I suspected last night: Esper was speaking for JCS. This is banana republic behavior from our military brass.

The Uniparty must die. Burn it down and salt the earth.


34 posted on 06/04/2020 2:26:26 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: ExTexasRedhead

If I am correct, the 82 Abn was used in the Detroit riots of the 60’s. How about Eisenhower sending the troops to Little Rock to enforce school desecration. Am I wrong here?


35 posted on 06/04/2020 2:26:27 PM PDT by mosaicwolf
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To: Gay State Conservative

There are two main people that could convince of going against something in his heart he knows is right.


36 posted on 06/04/2020 2:27:14 PM PDT by RummyChick ( Yeah, it's Daily Mail. So what. AND I AM NOT FACT CHECKING POSTS. I AM NOT TWITTER)
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To: livius

Daily Mail is trash.


37 posted on 06/04/2020 2:27:15 PM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: Sacajaweau

Smoke bombs...just like a magic show!!


38 posted on 06/04/2020 2:27:36 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: mewzilla

OK, I hope so. I was thinking that one of the reasons that Trump has been hesitant to take certain steps was because there was a lot of treachery within the higher levels of the military. Two of these people are no longer even in command, but having the chairman of the Joint Chiefs come out and oppose Trump is certainly not good. At any rate, it certainly doesn’t give me a feeling of confidence.


39 posted on 06/04/2020 2:27:43 PM PDT by livius
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To: conservativepoet

Why did linda cancelled the vote today? Wasn’t there going to be a vote taken today after yesterday’s hearing? Hmmmm what is happening?


40 posted on 06/04/2020 2:27:56 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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