Former national security officials criticize Trump's approach to protesters in new le

[signalmankenneth]

Former national security officials criticize Trump's approach to protesters in new letter

Everyone is condemning Trump asinine actions against the peaceful protesters in Lafayette Park?!!

(CNN) More than 280 former national security officials on Friday criticized President Donald Trump's aggressive approach to peaceful protesters, and expressed concern about the presence of US military assets at demonstrations across the country.

The former officials described their concerns over the "misuse of the military for political purposes" on protesters in Washington in a letter titled "The Strength of America's Apolitical Military."

"There is no role for the U.S. military in dealing with American citizens exercising their constitutional right to free speech, however uncomfortable that speech may be for some," the letter stated.

Trump has called protesters -- who have taken to the streets after the killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis -- "thugs" and shared a letter calling them "terrorists."

The former officials wrote that "falsely seeking to divide Americans into those who support 'law and order' and those who do not will not end the demonstrations." They argue that a political process is needed to heal the country.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/polit...ics/index.html

[Hawkeye10]

If there is one thing we know it is that according to the Swamp Trump is always wrong....it does not matter what Trump does...if Trump did it then it is wrong.






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