Gen. Mark Milley, the nation's most senior military officer, says it was a 'mistake' for him to walk with President Trump across a park that had been forcibly cleared of peaceful protesters. 'I should not have been there,' he said. More:
Gen. Mark Milley appears with President Trump as he departs the White House en route to St. John's Church on June 1. Milley now says his presence"created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics."Gen. Mark Milley appears with President Trump as he departs the White House en route to St. John's Church on June 1. Milley now says his presence"created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics.
"We who wear the cloth of our nation come from the people of our nation, and we must hold dear the principle of an apolitical military that is so deeply rooted in the very essence of our republic," Milley said in the commencement address."And this is not easy." Both Milley and Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who also accompanied Trump in his walk across the cleared Lafayette Square, have said they were not aware where Trump was going when they fell in step behind him, and that they thought they were leaving the White House to thank National Guard troops stationed nearby. Aides have also said Milley was dressed in fatigues because he was headed to an FBI operations center.
In his remarks to the NDU graduating class, Milley offered a piece of advice that appears to stem from a lesson he learned from the Lafayette Square episode.
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