Article 6F667 Mark Milley: retiring general appears to call Trump ‘wannabe dictator’

Mark Milley: retiring general appears to call Trump ‘wannabe dictator’

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Martin Pengelly in Washington
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Retiring chair of joint chiefs of staff says We take an oath to the constitution' not to a wannabe dictator' in farewell ceremony

Retiring as chair of the US joint chiefs of staff, the army general Mark Milley directed a parting shot at Donald Trump, the president he served but who he seemed to call a wannabe dictator".

Speaking at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia, Milley said of the US armed forces: We don't take an oath to a country. We don't take an oath to a tribe. We don't take an oath to a religion.

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