Trump pulled security from John Bolton, Mike Pompeo and his assistant John Hook despite the assassination contract put out by Iran. Just another example of Trump inviting political violence against his enemies:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will announce he is “immediately pulling” retired Gen. Mark Milley’s personal security detail and security clearance, multiple senior administration officials tell Fox News.
The secretary is also directing the new acting Inspector General to conduct a review board to determine if enough evidence exists for Gen. Milley to be stripped of a star in retirement based on his actions to “undermine the chain of command” during President Donald Trump’s first term, officials say.
The Pentagon will also be removing a second portrait of Gen. Milley inside the Pentagon. This one is from the Army’s Marshall Corridor on the third floor honoring his service as chief-of-staff of the Army. Fox is told the removal of this second portrait will take place as soon as tonight. This means there will be no more portraits of Gen. Milley inside the Pentagon.
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The now retired Gen. Milley and other former senior Trump aides had been assigned personal security details ever since Iran vowed revenge for the killing of Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike in 2020 ordered by Trump in his first term.
Trump and his MAGA henchmen want him dead.
And remember, killing Soleimani was Trump’s decision. If there’s a better lesson in this, I don’t know what it might be. Follow his orders at your own peril. He might have your back. But he might not. King Donald might just wake up on the wrong side of the bed one morning and decide that you’re out. Sometimes you can insult him ferociously, as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio have done, yet still be rewarded with his favor. But he could change his mind too. (Li’l Marco should probably sleep with one eye open.)
That misogynist pig Pete Hegseth, friend of war criminals and Tito’s vodka, being in a position to demote someone like Milley is enough to make you scream.
If he manages to evade assassination over the next four years, I would hope that one of the first things a Democratic president will do is to restore his rank and hang his picture.