General Mark Milley considers his position over THAT walk with the president

It has been a tough time for General Mark Milley. The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff has reportedly been considering whether to resign over his highly unfortunate walk in combat fatigues with President Trump in the midst of the mass demonstrations outside the White House. He knows he has upset a lot of his military chums by looking as if he was party to a blatantly political PR stunt by the president. Which he was, albeit unwittingly. So should he resign? The very fact that he is considering it tells you a lot about the guy. He's an honourable man who is personally anguished over THAT walk and the whole issue of the military staying out of politics. I guess he should have realised what was about to happen before he joined the Trump crowd but, somewhat naively, it appears he didn't. Nor did Mark Esper, his political boss at the Pentagon. So it was a huge mistake but not a deliberate one. I now feel sorry for the guy and don't think he should resign. Dealing with Trump as your commander-in-chief must be one of the trickiest assignments of his military career and he has learned a big lesson which I'm sure he will take on board the next time it happens. Which I'm sure it will. For a start don't wear combat fatigues on the streets of Washington ever again, General. There are five months left before the November election, so it's best to hunker down and not be seen in public, but resignation is not the answer. He only took over as chairman of the Joint Chiefs in September last year, so he has another two or three years to go before retirement. His predecessor General Joe Dunford, a Marine, didn't really put a foot wrong, either with Barack Obama, initially, or with Trump. Milley's future is looking slightly less than rosy but if he's lucky nothing else will go wrong and he'll survive. But if Trump wins the November election for a second four-year term, the president might start looking for a replacement for Milley. That's based on nothing but instinct and Trump's record for sacking people he is no longer comfortable with. When asked about Milley's public apology for getting caught up in THAT walk, Trump just replied that he wasn't bothered. Now that I don't believe!