Donald Trump's 'civil war' tweet is seditious and a 'grave crime,' retired Army officer says

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Retired Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters said Trump's weekend Twitter tirade shows he is a 'frightened, frightened man.'

a quote from evangelical pastor Robert Jeffress."If the Democrats are successful in removing the President from office , it will cause a Civil War like fracture in this Nation from which our Country will never heal," the tweet read, attributed to Jeffress.on CNN on Monday, Peters said the president is inciting violence and undermining the Constitution.

"Also I have to say there's not going to be a civil war," Peters added."Knock that off. I've been hearing people on the extreme right saying it for years." The retired officer also noted"the irony of a draft-dodger talking up war." Peters also had harsh words for the Republican lawmakers who are still backing the president, despite the embarrassing and incriminating revelations of recent weeks. Peters described the party as a"terrible disappointment" that has abandoned the rule of law and the constitution.

Trump's now-infamous phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky showed that he pressed Zelensky to investigate 2020 candidate Joe Biden over debunked allegations of corruption. Critics have cited the exchange as yet more evidence of Trump's"With this president, it's always been said everything is transactional, relationships are transactional," Cooper said.

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