Speaking to the media during a meeting in the White House, President Donald Trump went scorched earth on Gen. Mark Milley, formerly the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The president roasted the former general as being a total buffoon and “idiot” as shown in stark relief by his leaving billions of dollars worth of equipment in Afghanistan for the Taliban to take over.
As background, Gen. Milley has been particularly despised by MAGA ever since he pushed a good bit of wokeness in 2020 and 2021, such as when he said he wants to understand “white rage” and when he freaked out over Trump’s use of some members of the armed forces to clear away Antifa rioters who were attacking the White House.
Gen. Milley then faced further attacks for his comments about how he, during the ending days of the Trump presidency, had a secret line of communication with the People’s Republic of China and the People’s Liberation Army in which he told them that he would warn them if Trump tried launching an attack. He framed that as lowering tensions, but many saw it as treason.
And in 2021, when he was still in a leadership position, America fled from Afghanistan in precipitous fashion and left behind billions of dollars’ worth of valuable military equipment for the Taliban, such as armored vehicles, night vision goggles, and even helicopters. Milley claimed that leaving it was cheaper than bringing it home, but many questioned why it wasn’t destroyed before we left.
President Trump, commenting on that matter in particular when speaking to the media during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, July 8, explained that it was during the Afghanistan disaster that he realized that Gen. Milley was such a buffoon. He began, “That’s when I knew he was an idiot. Didn’t take long to figure that one out.”
Continuing, he referred to the disastrous retreat and all the chaos that came with it as one of the most undignified and embarrassing moments in American history, saying, “But they left all that equipment. But they left their dignity behind. It was the most embarrassing moment, in my opinion, in the history of our country.”
He then clarified that he did not mean leaving Afghanistan, which was much needed, but that we only left in such a hasty and deadly manner that quite helped the Taliban. He said, “Not that we got out. We should have not been there, but that we got out the way we got out with great embarrassment and death.”
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Back in May, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a memo in which he directed the Pentagon to review what happened and get to the truth. He said, “The Department of Defense has an obligation, both to the American people and to the warfighters who sacrificed their youth in Afghanistan, to get to the facts.”
Continuing, he explained that such is very needed at this point, saying, “This remains an important step toward regaining faith and trust with the American people and all those who wear the uniform and is prudent based on the number of casualties and equipment lost during the execution of this withdrawal operation.”