Top US general rejected Trump suggestions military should 'crack skulls' during protests last year

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By Zachary Cohen, CNN
Updated 6:33 PM EDT, Thu June 24, 2021

Washington (CNN) The top US general repeatedly pushed back on then-President Donald Trump's argument that the military should intervene violently in order to quell the civil unrest that erupted around the country last year. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley often found he was the lone voice of opposition to those demands during heated Oval Office discussions, according to excerpts of a new book, obtained by CNN, from Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Bender.

Titled "Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost," the book reveals new details about how Trump's language became increasingly violent during Oval Office meetings as protests in Seattle and Portland began to receive attention from cable new outlets. The President would highlight videos that showed law enforcement getting physical with protesters and tell his administration he wanted to see more of that behavior, the excerpts show.

"That's how you're supposed to handle these people," Trump told his top law enforcement and military officials, according to Bender. "Crack their skulls!"

Trump also told his team that he wanted the military to go in and "beat the f--k out" of the civil rights protesters, Bender writes.

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https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/06/24/politics/bender-book-trump-milley-protests/index.html

[Karma13612]

1. Reesus Riste Don

The US of A is not Russia, China or Hong Kong.

You SOB, you deserve to have the Sh*t beat out of YOU.

Why aren’t you in jail yet???????????????????????????

[Boomerproud]

2. If this isn't read or believed by the brain-dead cult

It's all for naught.

[Baked Potato]

3. So, it appears the uniformed military held the line on another front.

"Shut the f--k up, Stephen," Milley snapped, according to the excerpts.

[Mad_Machine76]

4. The stuff we're finding out *didn't* happen

is even scarier than what *did* happen.

[pwb]

5. 45 is nothing but a tough talk coward.

He was a scaredy cat during Nam. The Generals know this.