Army Chief Hits Back At Trump’s Attack On Pentagon Leaders: War Is ‘Last Resort’

Army chief of staff Gen. James McConville on Tuesday refuted President Trump’s assertion that top leaders at the Pentagon want to keep waging wars in order to keep defense contractors “happy.” McConville’s remarks are the first public response from the Pentagon after Trump’s attack on the department’s leaders.


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Army chief of staff Gen. James McConville on Tuesday refuted President Trump’s assertion that top leaders at the Pentagon want to keep waging wars in order to keep defense contractors “happy.”

Again! Please take note, ANYONE who associates and supports this buffoon. You are one news cycle away from being under the bus. For four years we have listened to how great he’s made they military again. When tRump came to office, he claimed the military was out of ammunition and had broken down vehicles and that it was him who hired contractors to fully supply and support the military. Now tRump views those same people as enemies of the country.

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Yes General… that is why we have been stuck in Afghanistan for almost 2 decades, because is is the last resort and it’s so critical for our national security.

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Isn’t it about time a few of the Joints resign? No chance he took on this role without consulting the other members. The Commander-in-Chief has just said you are war criminals.

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Time for all the military leaders to turn on him … along with the intelligence community.

This is gonna be fun.

More popcorn!

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Agolf Twitler ain’t gonna like this news. The House of Trump is crumbling day by day as the rot of corruption is exposed.

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Gen. McConville is just jealous because Trump knows more than the generals, believe me.

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Whoa! That’s a profile in courage. Way to whiff, General

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“warmongering capitalists” - Trump merely is quoting his Soviet masters (and, yes I know the Soviet Union doesn’t exist).

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Trump is getting to be more and more a DIC.

A Divider In Chief.

The bases of Trump’s appeal are very well known…

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He was just trying to clean it!! DAMN YOU LIBTARDS!!!

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Not me! You’re the bad guy!

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I just hope Trump keeps the stupidity coming. It’s a new bonus error every single damned day. His response to this will be delicious.

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Thank goodness, when I was a child, my parents often said,

“You cannot do that, Emilinano. That’s not right.”

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Sleazy military folk like Mike Flynn, John Kelly, Brian Kolfage and Mark Milley have made it hard for me to take anything these Trump Family-owned generals say seriously. I am not saying that everyone is bad, but the bad apples may be the tip of the iceberg.

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He is totally incapable of keeping his fat mouth shut. Aren’t we lucky? :roll_eyes:

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Exactly. This is what comes of spoiling a demanding child. He’s unstoppable. No one can prevail upon him to use his head.

Not that he could anyway. He’s just a freak.

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Yeah, you can be ‘apolitical’ and still call out dumb-assery by politicians. What’s wrong with calling a moron a moron?

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