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Donald Trump appeared to threaten a top military official with execution as the weekend began.
In a Friday night Truth Social post, Mr Trump suggested Mark Milley, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, could merit punishment by “death” for his past communications with his Chinese counterparts.
The attacks on Mr Milley came after the general said in a recent Atlantic magazine profile Mr Trump once mocked a disabled veteran.
Elsewhere, former Trump administration aide Cassidy Hutchinson said in a recent interview she had to flee Washington after testifying against Donald Trump during the January 6 hearings.
Ms Hutchinson, who worked with then-chief of staff Mark Meadows, told CBS Newsher bombshell congressoinal testimony made it unsafe for her to live in Washington.
The formerly obscure White House official also said she had lost faith in Donald Trump, but remained a Republican.
“He is dangerous for the country. He is willing and has showed, time and time again, willingness to proliferate lies to vulnerable American people so he could stay in power,” she said.
Did Trump just call for Mark Milley to be executed?
Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Friday to rail against his old ally Mark Milley, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
In lengthy rant, Mr Trump hit out at Mr Milley for being a “Woke train wreck” and suggested the general’s communications with China seeking to diffuse tensions in early 2021 were worthy of execution.
Here’s the former president’s full post.
(Donald Trump / Truth Social)
If Chairman Milley ends up on the witness list in one of the many ongoing prosecutions of Donald Trump, these social media threats could come back to haunt him.
Josh Marcus23 September 2023 23:46
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