Esper says Trump wanted to reactivate McChrystal, McRaven to court-martial them over criticism

Raw Story

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Independent: John K. Byrne

Independent: Michael Rogers (Publisher)

Trump demanded court-martial of retired Navy SEAL who led bin Laden raid: book

Business Insider

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Private Equity: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts

Trump wanted to court-martial the retired Navy SEAL who led the bin Laden raid for criticizing him, former defense chief says

Mark Esper writes that Trump said retired Navy admiral William McRaven was "so disloyal" because they occasionally criticized the president.

Mediaite

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Individual: Dan Abrams

Trump Wanted to Court Martial Navy SEAL Who Led Bin Laden Raid Because He Criticized Him Per Mark Esper

Former President Donald Trump had to be talked out of a plan to reactivate and court-martial two U.S. military officers by not one, but two people, according to former U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. Esper says he was one of those people to talk Trump out of

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Trump Wanted to Court Martial the Retired Navy SEAL Who Led the Bin Laden Raid for the Crime of … Criticizing Trump

When Donald Trump was president his Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley had the thankless task of placating him. I can’t help but think this must have been massively frustrating, especially since Trump’s feelings are paper-thin.Nowhere is that clearer than the time in which he wanted to pull U.S. Navy Adm. William McRaven out of retirement so that he could court-martial the former Navy SEAL com…