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    Trump Vs. The Military: The President's Mounting Attacks On The Top Brass

    President Trump came into office with high praise for current and former generals, but now he's attacking them in ways that are unprecedented, according to military analysts.
    by Tom Bowman Sep 10, 2020 5 minutes
    Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark A. Milley (second from left) and others listen as President Trump speaks during a meeting with senior military leaders on Oct. 7, 2019.

    During a press conference at the White House on Labor Day, President Trump lashed out at his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, claiming the former vice president threw open the borders, shipped away jobs and sent America's youth to fight in "crazy endless wars."

    Then the president veered into talk of the military itself, taking aim at the Pentagon brass and separating them from the rank and file troops.

    "I'm not saying the military is in love with me; the soldiers are. The top people in the Pentagon probably aren't because they want to do nothing but fight wars so that all of these wonderful companies that make the bombs and makes the places and make everything else stay happy."

    Eliot Cohen, a military expert at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, could not recall such a character attack on top military leaders by a commander in chief.

    "In a

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