‘Horribly wrong’: US veterans condemn Trump’s politicization of military

Experts infuriated by president accusing Democrats of sedition' for urging soldiers to refuse illegal orders

Veterans have condemned the politicization of the military after Donald Trump accused Democratic lawmakers of sedition, punishable by death" after a small group of them released a video in which they urged US soldiers not to follow any unlawful" orders.

The extraordinary exchange was sparked after Democratic lawmakers with military or national security backgrounds - the Congressional representatives Maggie Goodlander, Jason Crow, Chris DeLuzio and Chrissy Houlahan, and the senators Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin - posted a video on Facebook addressed to US service members.