Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, vowed to “fight” the Trump administration “from the inside” after debating whether to resign after he was photographed marching alongside the president across Lafayette Square amid the Black Lives Matter protests in summer 2020.
Gen. Milley, who said he was duped into joining the president’s entourage, feared the image of him alongside the president blurred political lines that separate the military from the White House and accused President Trump of “doing great and irreparable harm” to the country.
“I believe that you have made a concerted effort over time to politicize the United States military,” Gen.