![]() ![]() “He was doing what was expected of him even though it seems he was thinking about the president in a certain way.”Ī former U.S. “He was not defying the president,” said Peter Feaver, professor of political science and public policy at Duke University who focuses on civil-military relations. Others defend Milley, saying his assignment as chairman - he was tapped for the role by Trump in 2018 - was a difficult one that required extraordinary actions, and that he did not violate civil-military relations. ![]() Mark Milley walked with Donald Trump across Lafayette Square on June 1, 2020, to be positioned near a church where the then-president held up a Bible for photographers. Milley later apologized to members of the military for being there. A person close to Milley said that while it is accurate the chairman said he would “fight” Trump from within, he meant he would push back on issues and provide advice and counsel even when it was contrary to the president’s views.Īnother instance where Milley is criticized as violating military norms is his decision, while dressed in combat fatigues, to walk with Trump from the White House across Lafayette Square, which had just been aggressively cleared of Black Lives Matter protesters. In “The Divider: Trump in the White House,” by reporters Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, Milley is quoted as saying in the final year of Trump’s presidency that he would “fight from the inside” against what he saw as an increasingly erratic commander in chief. ![]() Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, will examine whether Milley’s actions as chairman as portrayed in the books about the Trump administration have violated the norms that govern civil-military relations and further politicized the military. ![]()
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