General Mark Milley is the American chief of staff. – Stefani Reynolds – CNP / Newscom / SIPA
It’s a mea culpa that will probably go badly at the White House. The Chief of the Public Staff publicly regretted Thursday being in uniform alongside President Donald Trump, after the brutal dispersal of a peaceful demonstration near the White House, June 1. The goal was to clear the field towards Saint John’s Church, an emblematic building nearby degraded the day before, so that Donald Trump could be photographed there, bible in hand, surrounded by several officials, including the chief of staff.
“Many of you have seen the results of this photo of me on Lafayette Square last week, which sparked a debate on the role of the military in society,” General Milley said in a taped speech diplomas from a military faculty at Notre Dame University. “I shouldn’t have been there,” added the top US military official. “My presence at that time and under these circumstances gave the impression that the military were intervening in domestic politics. “It was a mistake I learned from and I sincerely hope we can all learn from it,” he added, looking serious.
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The images of General Milley, walking in camouflage behind Donald Trump, had drawn sharp criticism from former military officials, including Defense Minister Jim Mattis. The United States’s ministers of justice and defense, as well as other senior officials, were also present.
The White House strongly defended Donald Trump’s decision and exit, evoking his desire to “send a strong message” and even comparing him to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill during the Second World War. But according to several American media, Donald Trump mainly wanted to show that he was not afraid to go out after being briefly brought into the White House bunker by secret service three days earlier.
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