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(Trump is a real traitor - you first Donny)
The death penalty should be on the table for Trump`s treason.
Top U.S. military officer Milley taking `safety precautions` after Trump
alleges treason
Mark Milley, set to retire as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says
he will take "appropriate measures" to ensure his security after former
president Donald Trump suggested he had committed a treasonous act that
would have once warranted death.
Trump last week criticized Milley`s handling of the U.S. withdrawal of
troops from Afghanistan in 2020 and said, without providing evidence, that
"this guy turned out to be a Woke train wreck who, if the Fake News
reporting is correct, was actually dealing with China to give them a heads
up on the thinking of the President of the United States."
"This is an act so egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would
have been DEATH!" Trump said on Sept. 22 on his Truth Social platform.
Asked about the Trump comments during an interview on CBS`s 60 Minutes,
Milley, in a clip released on Wednesday, first smirked and then, after a
long pause, said, "I`ve been faithful and loyal to the constitution of the
United States for 44? years."
He added: "I`ve got adequate safety precautions. I wish those comments had
not been made, but they were. And I`ll take appropriate measures to ensure
my safety and the safety of my family."
U.S. President Joe Biden, during a speech in Tempe, Ariz., on Thursday,
called out the lack of response from Republican party members after
Trump`s comments.
"Although I don`t believe even a majority of Republicans think that, the
silence is deafening," Biden said. "Hardly any Republican called out such
heinous statements."
China calls were to avoid escalation: Milley
Trump`s reference to China appears to relate to two contacts made by
Milley by Chinese officials, one in October 2020 as the U.S. presidential
election neared, and another on Jan. 8, 2021, after Trump supporters
attacked the Capitol.
Milley and his office have previously characterized the calls as an effort
to prevent tense U.S.-China relations from escalating into open conflict.
"The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs regularly communicates with Chiefs of
Defence across the world, including with China and Russia," Milley`s
spokesperson said in 2021 after the calls were detailed in longtime
Washington journalist Bob Woodward`s book about the administration, Peril.
"These conversations remain vital to improving mutual understanding of
U.S. national security interests, reducing tensions, providing clarity and
avoiding unintended consequences or conflict."
Judges, jurors, prosecutors in Trump cases face death threats and
doxing fears
Mark Esper, former defence secretary in Trump`s administration, said in an
MSNBC interview earlier this week that the October 2020 contact with
Chinese officials was undertaken at his direction.
As to the January 2021 call, Milley has previously said he briefed then-
defence secretary Christopher Miller and White House chief of staff Mark
Meadows, among others.
Esper said Trump`s post "should be condemned by everybody ? right, left,
Republican, Democrat."
Chris Christie, the most vocal critic of Trump so far during the early
days of the Republican primary campaign, called him a "sad and disturbed
person" after the Truth Social post.
"A simple lesson in all of this. You either do what Trump says, or you`re
his enemy," Christie posted this week on X, formerly Twitter.
Longstanding friction
Trump tapped Milley to replace Marine General Joseph Dunford in 2019, but
friction developed between the pair.
Milley, in military fatigues, was among the administration officials who
walked with Trump for what turned out to be a photo-op at a Washington,
D.C., church in June 2020, as protests erupted in the city after the
police killing of George Floyd.
`I should not have been there,` said U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Milley would soon publicly apologize.
"My presence in that moment and in that environment created a perception
of the military involved in domestic politics," he said.
Milley is set to step down from his role on Sept. 30. He will be succeeded
by Charles Brown, most recently the chief of staff of the air force, in an
appointment delayed in part by one Republican senator`s opposition to the
military`s abortion policies.
Since leaving office, Trump has directed his ire at Milley in social media
posts and speeches over perceived wrongdoing, sometimes using explicit
language.
Chair of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff regrets walking with Trump for
church photo-op
Trump, after presidency, reportedly discusses possessing classified
document in recording
Milley`s name arose this summer in the context of Trump`s indictment for
unlawfully retaining government documents. The authors of a book on
Meadows possessed a recording of a conversation with Trump in July 2021 in
which he criticizes Milley while allegedly holding a classified document.
Trump`s propensity for aggressive rhetoric has been raised recently as he
faces four criminal indictments. He has lashed out at judges and
prosecutors in each of the cases, and the special counsel investigating
his schemes to overturn a 2020 election loss is seeking a limited gag
order in order to protect prospective jurors and the investigation.
At his appearance before a House committee last week, U.S. Attorney
General Merrick Garland referenced "an astounding number of threats
against public servants" in recent times, without mentioning Trump by
name.
"We have the actual example of an attack on an FBI office by somebody who
was incensed by political rhetoric," Garland said, a reference to an Ohio
man who, in the days before that 2022 attack, posted about a "call to
arms" following the FBI search of Trump`s property.
--- Xnews/5.04.25
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