Upon stepping down in September 2023 after more than 40 years in the military, Milley laid out his apparent concerns about Trump in a pointed retirement speech. “No one has ever been as dangerous to this country as Donald Trump,” the general told Woodward. “I will order them back to active duty and then I will court-martial them!” Trump yelled, according to Woodward. “He’s saying it and it’s not just him, it’s the people around him,” Milley told colleagues. Advertisement“My task at that time was to de-escalate,” Milley told the Senate Armed Services Committee in testimony to Congress later that year.

Source: Washington Post October 13, 2024 06:44 UTC