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BumRushDaShow

(147,109 posts)
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 05:00 AM Oct 2024

Retired Gen. Mark Milley Calls Trump 'A Total Fascist'

Source: Huff Post

Oct 11, 2024, 06:02 PM EDT


Retired Army Gen. Mark Milley, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, now says Trump is a “total fascist” and “fascist to the core,” according to a forthcoming book by Bob Woodward, the famed Watergate journalist.

“He is the most dangerous person ever,” Milley told Woodward for his book “War,” according to The Guardian. “I had suspicions when I talked to you about his mental decline and so forth, but now I realize he’s a total fascist. He is now the most dangerous person to this country.” “A fascist to the core,” Milley said.

Part of Milley’s warning about Trump revolves around the former president’s promise to get revenge on his perceived political enemies. Trump has frequently told his supporters on the campaign trail: “I am your retribution.” Milley, who clashed with Trump in the White House and who has since been publicly critical of the current Republican presidential nominee, told Woodward that he’s afraid of being recalled from retirement to be court-martialed if Trump wins the election next month.

According to the Guardian’s report on Woodward’s book, Milley warned his former colleagues in Washington that Trump was “a walking, talking advertisement of what he’s going to try to do,” adding: “He’s saying it and it’s not just him, it’s the people around him.”

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mark-milley-trump-total-fascist-bob-woodward-book_n_670996ade4b03acb5636d49b

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BoRaGard

(3,999 posts)
1. Thank you for your patriotism, General
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 05:11 AM
Oct 2024

America does not want fascist republicans-russians running our nation into the ground, and erasing our freedoms.

Hotler

(12,659 posts)
3. Could have shouted that from the roof top a few years ago. Could have mentioned it to Garland.
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 07:05 AM
Oct 2024

Many knew the orange one was a fascist early on yet said nothing.

FakeNoose

(36,546 posts)
12. It's not the military way
Sun Oct 13, 2024, 06:55 PM
Oct 2024

Even up to the Joint Chiefs, and all the way down the line, our fighting men and women will never pre-judge or disagree with the POTUS. That's just the way it is. He's speaking out now, and it's about all we could ask of him.

Thank you General Milley!

ColoradoHoosier

(28 posts)
5. I doubt they're even trying to hide it anymore
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 08:39 AM
Oct 2024

I've been saying for some time now (not here as I'm new)... one of them - a key player - is going to come right out and say: "What's the big deal about being a fascist anyway?" They did it with Christian Nationalism/theocracy, bound to do it with fascism. Heard it here first.

Linda ladeewolf

(652 posts)
7. Just listened to vote vets talk about trump. Trump is fascist to the core.
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 04:16 PM
Oct 2024

That’s is all. We can’t allow him to win. This really should transcend party lines.

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