“It sickened me yesterday to see security personnel — including members of the National Guard — forcibly and violently clear a path through Lafayette Square to accommodate the president’s visit outside St. John’s Church,” retired Gen. Mike Mullen, a former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wrote in an extraordinary op-ed in the Atlantic.
“I have to date been reticent to speak out on issues surrounding President Trump’s leadership, but we are at an inflection point, and the events of the past few weeks have made it impossible to remain silent.”
Former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Gen. Martin Dempsey, was similarly bothered by Trump’s actions, tweeting, "America is not a battleground. Our fellow citizens are not the enemy."
Retired Gen. Tony Thomas, former head of Special Operations Command, said Trump’s promise to flood the streets of cities with U.S. soldiers is “not what (the country) needs to hear.”
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