The move comes after years of #Trump criticizing Ret Gen #MarkMilley for perceived “disloyalty” & Milley acknowledging in congressional testimony that he had served as a source for several unflattering books about the first Trump admin. Milley, 66, retired in 2023 following 4 tumultuous years as chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Trump….
#military #NationalSecurity #jcs #honor #integrity #IG #RevengePolitics #law #USpol
#PeteHegseth’s plan…is part of the new #defense secretary’s effort to reestablish “warfighter culture” in the #Pentagon, the l senior defense official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to avoid backlash. The official portrayed #MarkMilley as a political operator while in the chairman role & said there is desire to “take a star” from him, meaning administration officials want to see Milley demoted in retirement.
“The ghost of General #Milley shouldn’t haunt the #Pentagon anymore, nor should it haunt the armed forces,” a senior #defense ofcl said. “This is all about accountability for General Milley.”
[Jiminy Cricket, echoes of #ElonMusk’s Germany “too much of a focus on past guilt”]
Shortly after #Trump was sworn in, admin ofcls had a portrait of Milley memorializing his time as #JointChiefs chairman removed from a wall in the Pentagon.
#military #NationalSecurity #jcs #RevengePolitics #law #USpol
"The official portrayed #MarkMilley as a political operator while in the chairman role & said there is desire to “take a star” from him, meaning administration officials want to see Milley demoted in retirement."
Here is #Trump's message to the #Pentagon and to the #ArmedForces of the #UnitedStatesofAmerica as a whole
"Fall in line. Support my treason. If you do not perform at my command you will be demoted, disgraced, and stripped of rank. You have been warned."
It remains to be seen whether *anyone* in the Armed Forces of the United States can stand in opposition to Trump's #Treason
