U.S. Marine on Why He Says He Resigned because of Trump

I resigned from the military because of Trump

On Sept. 30, at an unprecedented gathering of senior military leadership, President Donald Trump said, “If you don’t like what I’m saying, you can leave the room — of course, there goes your rank, there goes your future.” I wasn’t…

U.S. Marine on why he says he resigned because of Trump

Col. Doug Krugman joins The Lead

Marine Colonel Who Resigned Because Of Trump Says Personnel Should Question 'Illegal Orders'

Doug Krugman couldn't swear to "follow a commander in chief who seemed so willing to disregard the Constitution,” he wrote in a Washington Post op-ed.

Marine ends 24-year career with warning that Trump has 'little connection to reality'

Citing the misuse of National Guard units and alarming comments about the “enemy from within,’’ a U.S. Marine Corps veteran walked away from his 24-year career rather than take orders from Donald Trump.In a column published by the Washington Post, veteran Doug Krugman wrote that he had already decid...

24-Year Marine Vet Pens Powerful Washington Post Op-Ed Saying He Resigned ‘Because of President Trump’

(AP Photo/John McDonnell) A U.S. Marine who served the country for 24 years wrote a powerful op-ed in The Washington Post declaring that he resigned his post “because of President Trump.” Doug Krugman, who rose to the rank of colonel, wrote in Thursday’s paper that he gave up his career “out of concern for our country’s future.” “United States military officers take an oath to defend the Constitution without mental reservation or purpose of evas…

Resigning colonel explains why he 'gave up' his military career after Trump’s Pentagon speech

Military veteran Doug Krugman retired from the U.S. Marine Corps because of President Donald Trump, according to an op-ed published Thursday by the Washington Post.“On Sept. 30, at an unprecedented gathering of senior military leadership, President Donald Trump said, 'If you don’t like what I’m saying, you can leave the room — of course, there goes your rank, there goes your future,'" Krugman who spent 24 years in the United States Marine Corps,…