Trump Wanted To Reactivate Two Retired Generals So That They Could Be Court-Martialed For Criticizing Him

Talking Points Memo reports:

According to a copy of ex-Secretary of Defense Mark Esper’s memoir, A Sacred Oath, obtained by TPM, Trump demanded that former Gen. Stan McChrystal and former Navy Admiral William H. McRaven be recalled into active duty so that they could be court-martialed for criticizing the President.

“So disloyal,” the book recounts Trump complaining to Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley. McChrystal was working as an adviser for Defeat Disinfo, a Democratic Party-aligned PAC that planned on using technology to counter false talking points about COVID-19.

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Trump wanted to court martial all the retired four star generals who were criticizing him on TV https://t.co/9knFzlP7Fo via @TPM

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