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yortsed snacilbuper

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Thu Oct 17, 2019, 10:16 PM Oct 2019

Ex-special ops commander: 'Our republic is under attack from the president'

Former Adm. William McRaven (Ret.) argued in an op-ed Thursday that President Trump is "destroying" the United States, warning that the future of the country is "in peril" if Trump is not removed from office.

McRaven, former commander of U.S. Special Operations, wrote in an op-ed for The New York Times titled "Our Republic Is Under Attack From the President." In it, he argues that Trump is launching "assaults" on various U.S. institutions: "on the intelligence and law enforcement community, the State Department and the press."

"They have seen our leaders stand beside despots and strongmen, preferring their government narrative to our own. They have seen us abandon our allies and have heard the shouts of betrayal from the battlefield," McRaven said of veterans who attended an Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S.) Society gala which McRaven also attended.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ex-special-ops-commander-our-republic-is-under-attack-from-the-president/ar-AAIWxE8?ocid=spartanntp

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Ex-special ops commander: 'Our republic is under attack from the president' (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Oct 2019 OP
The president of the United States is waging war against the United States. dalton99a Oct 2019 #1
Treason. PatrickforO Oct 2019 #2
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