Trump DUPED By Right Wing Propaganda Lies About Retired Military Leaders

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"Former President Donald Trump wanted to take the extraordinary step of reactivating retired US Navy Adm. William McRaven so that he could court-martial the former Navy SEAL commander for criticizing him, Trump's former Pentagon chief claims in his new book.

Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper writes that he and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, had to talk then-President Trump out of a plan to recall both retired US Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal and McRaven to active duty as a way to open the two former senior military officers up to court-martial proceedings.

"Doing this 'will backfire on you, Mr. President,' we said," Esper wrote of a May 2020 meeting in his book, "A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times," which is out today.

Trump told Esper and Milley that McRaven and McChrystal were "so disloyal" because of what he thought they were doing and had said about him. Esper writes that Trump "was spun up" by media stories in Breitbart claiming that McChrystal was advising Democrats on how to use artificial intelligence to "track down and counter Trump supporters."

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[bryandepaepe]

Rule #1 for fanboyism is believe anything your idol says no matter how stupid. Rule #2 is tell everyone the same stupid idea to show unwavering dedication to the team.

[mphmph]

Isn't this the same freak who called US military personnel "suckers and losers"?

[rreeder]

I remember the day that Trump proclaimed that: The National Enquirer was the most reliable news news.. the rest is history

[Blackholefourspam]

Someone should really tell Trump that saying “[respected person] supports my rival” is not in and of itself a great self defense.

[mphmph]

The best thing that trump ever did for the military was lie about his bone spurs.

[wolfchief]

A draft dodger have a nerve to be mad at a special operation commander.

[boldtaa]

Tell Trump Bin Laden had the McDonald’s special sauce recipe and he would have found him in a weekend.

[patriciachambers]

Really bizarre, how really stupid tRump was. No basis for court martial, because someone criticizes him, come on.

[scooby]

"wouldnt it be nice if we got Osama sooner than that"
well yea, but i hardly see how thats his fault, if anything it would be Bush's fault but i guess logic need not apply to the Repuglican party..

[amead]

If this happened in just the first four years of Trump, imagine what he would do in another four years.

[dsp]

The thing with court martialing someone is that it’s not enough that they be active duty members; the member must have done something illegal.

Last I checked, It’s not illegal to criticize the policies or politics or personal characteristics of a president. In fact, it’s illegal to follow a president’s illegal orders.

The constitution protects a citizen’s right to hold his own beliefs and freely express them about a president. That is indeed the first amendment. In fact, the irony is that it is military members that fight for all of us to retain that right, yet there Trump is trying to get rid of that right not just for all citizens, but for military members themselves.

Trump would have tried to strip constitutional rights away from the very people who are in the military fighting for all of us to keep those rights. On all fronts Trump was trying to overthrow the constitution.

[Cloud-zblw]

Seriously. How could Trump supporters still call their guy a “macho man’s ?

[billpool]

We should never elect a draft dodger as as commander in chief.

[sstephkate]

Draft dodger wants to take shots at vet ? How does anyone like trump lmfao

[mgm]

He’ll court Martial a seal for hurting his feelings, but helped a war criminal murderer seal go free. Wow.

[davidfrania]

A child in a senior's body. Seriously, is this really what you want again, America? Because the second time will be so much worse than the first!

[kdtune]

Gen. Bone Spurs couldn't shine MCravens shoes

[lisaobrien]

Of course Trump thinks he would of caught him sooner - Trump thinks he’s a god

[crmn]

I as a US Marine do not understand how a service member can be pro trump

[lordrayden]

Remember, this is the party that allegedly “loves the troops”