Over the past week, U.S. Military leaders publicly denounced racism, hatred, and extremism. While their sentiments toward racism should be assumed, the events in Charlottesville and the president’s lackluster reaction prompted many of them to make public statements via Twitter. Rarely do such leaders in the military make public statements. However, many would suggest that they felt the need to make statements considering the unfortunate weekend in Charlottesville, which claimed the lives of three people.
John Michael Richardson is an Admiral in the United States Navy who currently serves as the 31st Chief of Naval Operations:
Robert Blake Neller is a United States Marine Corps four-star general who currently serves as the 37th Commandant of the Marine Corps:
Mark Alexander Milley is a United States Army officer. A four-star general, he is the 39th Chief of Staff of the Army:
David Lee Goldfein is a General in the United States Air Force who currently serves as the Air Force Cheif of Staff:
You’ll notice they chose their words carefully and not one of them mentioned Trump or his administration in their tweets. Do you agree with their tweets? If yes, were they strong enough? If no, should they have tried to address their concerns with the president in private, instead of Twitter?
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My inner minor conspiracy theorist: it’s no secret how many generals POTUS has surrounded himself with (to my displeasure but that’s another topic)… This to me screams the service chiefs, Trump’s chief of staff and the retired generals in the cabinet have decided to begin taking steps without POTUS which potentially signals a bigger issue of the train eventually driving the “conductor” for good or bad…