Retired US army general fears unusual action of being recalled to uniform for retribution, veteran reporter writes
    • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
      29·
      1 month ago

      “If the Fake News reporting is correct, [Milley] was actually dealing with China to give them a heads up on the thinking of the President of the United States,” Trump wrote in the post on his Truth Social site.

      What does that actually mean, “If the Fake News reporting is correct”? Does he just reflexively call news “fake news” even when he thinks it’s true?

      • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
        26·
        1 month ago

        What does that actually mean, “If the Fake News reporting is correct”? Does he just reflexively call news “fake news” even when he thinks it’s true?

        Shroedinger’s Lugenpresse.

  • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
    31·
    1 month ago

    “If the Fake News reporting is correct, [Milley] was actually dealing with China to give them a heads up on the thinking of the President of the United States,” Trump wrote in the post on his Truth Social site.

    That must have been a short phone call.

  • Maeve@kbin.earth
    153·
    1 month ago

    All these book authors could have published when he was in office or before.

    • MimicJar@lemmy.world
      28·
      1 month ago

      Woodward has. Fear: Trump in the White House (September 11, 2018), Rage (September 15, 2020), Peril (September 2021), The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward’s Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump (January 2023), and now War.

      Generally right before a midterm or presidential election.

      • Maeve@kbin.earth
        62·
        1 month ago

        2018-21 I was working through a lot of stuff, so I’m not surprised I missed that. 23 I don’t know why I missed that. Thanks.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    7·
    1 month ago

    The insanity of this even being a potential threat to a retired soldier shows what a perverse reality we’re experiencing.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
    716·
    1 month ago

    Given the long and storied history of American war crimes abroad, my first impulse is to label this “based” and “incredibly cool”.

    On further analysis, it appears Trump is not suggesting Milley be court-martialed for the decades of atrocities committed under his command in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo … jesus fuck this guy was in charge of Fort Bragg? Summary execution on the spot.

    But no. Apparently the hook he’s supposed to be hung on is checks notes taking a call from a Chinese senior military leader. Fuck it, sure.