Sky News contributor Michael Ware says realDonaldTrump “has been such a fan of the military, but it’s clear that the president makes the military nervous”.
Sky News contributor Michael Ware says Donald Trump “has been such a fan of the military, but it’s clear that the president makes the military nervous”. “The most vocal of them has been former Secretary of State General Colin Powell, who came out said he cannot in good conscience support President Trump in any way this year,” Mr Ware told Sky News. “In fact he’s going to vote for Joe Biden,” Mr Ware said. Mr Trump took to Twitter and labelled General Powell “a real stiff”.
“This was a man who was Ronald Reagan’s National Security Adviser, he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs for George HW Bush and Secretary of State for George W Bush,” Mr Ware said. “He’s not alone, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Martin Dempsey came out and said it’s very dangerous to do what Trump wanted to do. “Former Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis, a four star marine general, resigned a year ago from the Trump administration and he came out this week.
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