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MILLEY ALWAYS TOLD TRUMP WHAT HE WANTED TO HEAR

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MILLEY ALWAYS TOLD TRUMP WHAT HE WANTED TO HEAR

The former JCS chairman has complained to the press that he was duped by the president during the protests of 2020, but insiders tell a different story

Seymour Hersh
Oct 5, 2023
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President Donald Trump walks with Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark A. Milley, and others from the White House to visit St. John's Church after the area was cleared of people protesting the death of George Floyd on June 1, 2020. / Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images.

It is no fun to criticize a four-star Army general who served his country for forty-three years, the last four as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In the end—Mark Milley retired last week—he was a hero to many in the public and the press for his avowed support of the Constitution, but not to all of the colleagues and subordinates who worked closely with him in 2020, while he was serving under Donald Trump.

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