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Milley Apologizes For Role In Trump Photo Op: ‘I Should Not Have Been There’ by wwwihy: 12:04am On Jun 12, 2020 |
WASHINGTON — The country’s top military official apologized on Thursday for taking part in President Trump’s walk across Lafayette Square for a photo op after the authorities used tear gas and rubber bullets to clear the area of peaceful protesters. “I should not have been there,” Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a prerecorded video commencement address to National Defense University. “My presence in that moment and in that environment created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics.” General Milley’s first public remarks since Mr. Trump’s photo op, in which federal authorities attacked peaceful protesters so that the president could hold up a Bible in front of St. John’s Church, are certain to anger the White House. Mr. Trump has spent the days since the killing of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis taking increasingly tougher stances against the growing movement for change across the country. The back-and-forth between Mr. Trump and the Pentagon in recent days is evidence of the deepest civil-military divide since the Vietnam War — except this time, military leaders, after halting steps in the beginning, are positioning themselves firmly with those calling for change. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/us/politics/trump-milley-military-protests-lafayette-square.html 1 Like |
Re: Milley Apologizes For Role In Trump Photo Op: ‘I Should Not Have Been There’ by Caseless: 8:38am On Jun 12, 2020 |
Trump is using his own to rub off on everyone. He's deserted by most reasonable people. When the US killed Soleimani in drone attack, he started by grandstanding and that heightened the tension in the middle east, until he(trump) gave press briefing that led to de-escalation. I don't know why he won't come down from his high horse and say what could heal the open wound that's fuelling the violence. Americans are emotional people and can easily be pleased with words of mouth. Trump is politicizing the whole issue. 3 Likes |
Re: Milley Apologizes For Role In Trump Photo Op: ‘I Should Not Have Been There’ by Olominira(m): 1:24pm On Jun 12, 2020 |
Caseless:When someone is mentally sick without knowing, such a person is seriously sick. 2 Likes |
Re: Milley Apologizes For Role In Trump Photo Op: ‘I Should Not Have Been There’ by Caseless: 1:55pm On Jun 12, 2020 |
Olominira:you have a point. 2 Likes |
Re: Milley Apologizes For Role In Trump Photo Op: ‘I Should Not Have Been There’ by udemzyudex(m): 8:00pm On Jun 13, 2020 |
Caseless: If you have nothing reasonable to post, switch off your phone pls. |
Re: Milley Apologizes For Role In Trump Photo Op: ‘I Should Not Have Been There’ by OZAOEKPE(f): 12:28am On Jun 14, 2020 |
Caseless:Muslims would always be Muslims, he fight Iran for Saudi una go complain, he leave Iran to finish Saudi una go complain too |
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