a few seconds agoTrump continues to be reproved for threatening to suppress protests with army
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Another senior military official has berated US President Donald Trump for threatening to use the military to suppress continuing US protests. General Martin Dempsey, former head of Joint Chiefs of Staff, the group made up of senior generals who advise the president and the Ministry of Defence on the matter [...]
General Martin Dempsey, former head of Joint Chiefs of Staff, the group made up of senior generals who advise the president and the Ministry of Defence on military matters, told the National Public Radio that Trump's comments were “very disturbing” and the dangerous “ ”, the BBC reported on Friday.
President Trump's security secretaries and those of past administrations have also raised their voices.
Last Monday, the president threatened to deploy the army “to quickly solve” riots if the states fail to act, the KOHA broadcasts.
Protests, largely peaceful, have been held throughout the United States since the death of an American relative George Floyd. He died after being arrested by a policeman and held his knee above his neck.
Although demonstrations due to Floyd's death seem to be resting in the U.S. capital, the security perimeter at the White House is expanding even more days ago.
The “Ide that the president will take control of the situation using the army troubled me”, Gen Dempsey said on Thursday. The “Ide that the army will be called to dominate and suppress the protests that were mostly peaceful, even though some of them turned violent and that the military would come and calm the situation was too dangerous for me”.
General Dempsey served as the top US military official under the leadership of former President Barack Obama, from 2011-2015.
His critics came a day after former Marine General Jim Mattis, also former President Trump's defence secretary, denounced him, saying he is deliberately creating divisions.
<x) Mattis for Atlantic magazine. “instead, he's trying to divide us”.
The same day, even current Secretary of Defence Mark Esper has raised his voice, saying that using military force to suppress protests is unnecessary at this moment, comments that the White House did not like.
