Critics say Trump has used the military as a prop and purposefully undermined Pentagon efforts to remain apolitical. I tell the generals all the time,” Trump told a convention of conservatives in 2019. When he was accused of disparaging service members this month, Trump returned to the same theme and denied any wrongdoing. Trump has since branded Mattis “the world’s most overrated general.”The first signs of troubled relationships with the generals came early in his presidency. “I will always stick up for our great fighters,” Trump told a Florida rally in November 2019.

Source: Standard Digital September 24, 2020 05:41 UTC