[thread] Mark Milley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Milley

* U.S. Army general, retired
* Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff 2019-2023

* 2021-Jan-12 Milley/Joint Chiefs of Staff statement
https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/JCS%20Message%20to%20the%20Joint%20Force%20JAN%2012%2021.pdf
* condemned 2021-Jan-06 U.S. Capitol storming
* reminded service members of obligation to support/defend Constitution, reject extremism

* official Pentagon portrait unveiled 2025-Jan-10
* removed hrs after Trump2 inauguration/unprecedented

#MarkMilley #USarmy #USconstitution
#Trump #fascism #extremism

Mark Milley - Wikipedia

War: Bob Woodward
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/War/Bob-Woodward/9781668052273

* 2-time Pulitzer Prize winner's eye-opening/behind-the-scenes narrative
* intricate dynamics of Ukraine, Middle East, American presidency

Comment: v. interesting re: Trump/Putin/Netanyahu ... global politics, authoritarianism, fascism

* fmr Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley: Trump most dangerous person to U.S.
* echoes dire warnings of others in national security
* fears recall to uniform for retribution

#MarkMilley #USarmy
#Trump #fascism

War

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward delivers an eye-opening, behind-the-scenes narrative exploring the...

"I was astonished." Woodward shares what Gen. Milley told him about Trump
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/15/politics/video/bob-woodward-book-war-mark-milley-ac360-digvid

Trump is ‘fascist to the core’ Milley says in Woodward book
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/10/12/mark-milley-donald-trump-fascist
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/11/bob-woodward-book-mark-milley-trump

* Milley was source for Woodward’s 2021 book “Peril”
* shared worries about Trump’s mental stability, national security decisions
* upon seeing Woodward in March 2023 he told Woodward his concerns had grown more dire
...

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#Trump #GOP #fascism #extremism

Woodward shares what Gen. Milley told him about Trump | CNN Politics

Legendary journalist Bob Woodward talks with Anderson Cooper about his latest book “War” and what Gen. Mark Milley said about former President Trump.

CNN

/1 “No one has ever been as dangerous to this country as Donald Trump. Now
I realize he’s a total fascist. He is the most dangerous person to this country.”

* Milley started receiving “nonstop barrage of death threats”
* attrib. to Trump’s political rhetoric/fixation on retribution on perceived enemies
* after retiring Milley installed bulletproof glass & blast-proof curtains at his home

#MarkMilley #USarmy #USconstitution
#Trump #GOP #fascism #extremism

Mark Milley: Trump Amps Up His Revenge Against One General
https://newrepublic.com/post/190851/donald-trump-revenge-mark-milley
https://apnews.com/article/milley-trump-security-detail-clearance-9bc8ebb7cd7cd2c334d00c97d4c142d0

https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/JCS%20Message%20to%20the%20Joint%20Force%20JAN%2012%2021.pdf

* Trump vendetta v. Mark Milley
* Trump2 Sec. Defense Pete Hegseth immediately pulling Milley’s security clearance/pers. security detail
* Milley refused Trump’s 2020 orders to send military to crush protesters in Washington DC in the wake of George Floyd’s death

Hegseth: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113473222430772097

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Trump Amps Up His Revenge Against One General

Donald Trump is getting even pettier in his vendetta against Mark Milley.

The New Republic