Donald Trump "shouted" at top general

General Mark Milley, chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff for 16 months under President Trump and continuing under President Biden, must reflect every day in his office in the Pentagon how life has changed for him under the different administrations. According to a new book by a Wall Street Journal journalist Michael Bender, Milley had some pretty fiery moments with Trump, including a session of effing shouting matches. Trump has denied any such conversation took place but Bender swears he has had it all confirmed by multiple sources. The greatest dispute between Trump and his top general was over the Black Lives Matter protests in Washington last summer. Trump wanted Milley to bring in the troops to clear the streets but Milley demurred, telling the former president that he didn't have the legal authority. It's something which Trump and probably many others never understood. The chairman of the joint chiefs may be the top general in the US military and the president's principal military adviser but he is not a service commander, he is not actually in charge of troops, so he doesn't have the legal authority to bring them into Washington even if he wanted to which he definitely didn't because he opposed the idea of having active-duty soldiers filling the streets of the capital. According to Bender's book, Trump was furious and started berating Milley using highly colourful language. And the book claims Milley answered back although not in the same language. If Milley did answer back then I'm surprised he survived as joint chiefs chairman. Whatever happened, it must have been a tough old time for Milley with Trump as president who never liked being told no. Somehow I can't see Joe Biden effing and blinding at anyone, let alone the chairman of the joint chiefs.