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Rhiannon12866

(203,036 posts)
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 02:15 AM Jun 2020

Trump Orders Troops to Leave D.C. as Former Military Leaders Sound Warning

Source: The New York Times

The president said National Guard soldiers would withdraw “now that everything is under perfect control,” even as three former Joint Chiefs chairmen condemned his use of military force.

WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Sunday that he had ordered National Guard troops to begin withdrawing from the nation’s capital, after a week of relentless criticism over his threat to militarize the government’s response to nationwide protests, including rebukes from inside the military establishment itself.

Mr. Trump announced his order on Twitter as three former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff harshly condemned him for using force to drive protesters back from the White House and threatening to send troops to quell protests in other cities. They warned that the military risked losing credibility with the American people.

The president said the National Guard soldiers would withdraw “now that everything is under perfect control.”

“They will be going home, but can quickly return, if needed,” he wrote on Twitter. “Far fewer protesters showed up last night than anticipated!”(In fact, the daylong protest in Washington on Saturday appeared larger than earlier rallies over the past week.)


Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/us/politics/trump-military-troops-protests.html




National Guard troops near the White House on Saturday. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times

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Trump Orders Troops to Leave D.C. as Former Military Leaders Sound Warning (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jun 2020 OP
Again with the crowd size lies. Bunker Boy really is delusional. nt SunSeeker Jun 2020 #1
He probably can't see much through his new wall... Rhiannon12866 Jun 2020 #2
"Perfect control" no_hypocrisy Jun 2020 #3
a trump PR move that backfired hugely beachbumbob Jun 2020 #4
Yet another royal pronouncement via twitter...as ham-fisted as ever. Ford_Prefect Jun 2020 #5
That's the thing! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2020 #6
Actually, governors were talking about withdrawing their state's troops, Miguelito Loveless Jun 2020 #7
"Mission Accomplished!" malthaussen Jun 2020 #8

no_hypocrisy

(45,774 posts)
3. "Perfect control"
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 06:15 AM
Jun 2020

That means Trump couldn't find a feasible -- and legal reason to keep the National Guard on the streets.

Ford_Prefect

(7,828 posts)
5. Yet another royal pronouncement via twitter...as ham-fisted as ever.
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 07:52 AM
Jun 2020

Congress should refuse to pay for his account as it is not a formally recognized outlet of government. Not a press release nor a formal statement signed by anyone. No copy of the so-called orders. Nothing but wind. For all we know it never happened, or he's claiming false credit once again for what another person did, or the orders state something other than his tweet conveys.

Rhiannon12866

(203,036 posts)
6. That's the thing!
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 07:56 AM
Jun 2020

It's not actual news, nothing official, it's just his random thoughts sent out into the ether! And we know that he can reverse himself at anytime, and has on countless occasions! If something were in writing like any other public official, it would be much easier to make him accountable, which is probably the point...

Miguelito Loveless

(4,438 posts)
7. Actually, governors were talking about withdrawing their state's troops,
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 09:15 AM
Jun 2020

so Trump just did this to avoid the optics. He has 10,000 troops he withdrew from Germany who I am sure he now plans to deploy in DC and elsewhere.

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