'Blast-proof curtains': Trump's revenge campaign targets retired general https://t.co/lhsXKNVRky
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I’ve read a lot of Tweets criticizing former military officers who know Trump is unfit for office, but won’t say so now. It turns out they are not cowards:
As commander-in-chief, Trump had extraordinary power over retired commissioned officers," Woodward wrote. "It was within his authority to recall them to active duty and court martial them. But it had only been done a few times in American history and for very serious crimes. For instance, when a retired two-star [general] was charged in 2017 with six counts of raping a minor while on active duty in the 1980s.”
Esper and Milley both urged Trump not to punish McRaven and McChrystal for their criticism, saying they had a right to express their opinions and warning the move would backfire and draw attention to their criticism, but Woodward said "the president didn’t want to hear it."
Milley then assured the former president that he would take care of the situation, and he called both retired military officials and warned them to "pull it back" and "step off the public stage."
Gen. Milley is convinced that if Trump returns to power, he will recall officers to duty and court martial them for their criticism.
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