Milley went on to describe the grave degree to which former President Donald Trump, under whom Milley had served, was a danger to the nation. Woodward recounts the episode with Milley—who almost certainly believed that he was speaking to Woodward off the record—in his new book, War:
“We have got to stop him!” Milley said. “You have got to stop him!” By “you” he meant the press broadly. “He is the most dangerous person ever. I had suspicions when I talked to you about his mental decline and so forth, but now I realize he’s a total fascist. He is the most dangerous person to this country.” ...
Milley knows well the risks of criticizing Trump. The former president has reportedly expressed a desire to recall and court-martial retired senior officers who have criticized him, and he has even suggested that Milley should be executed. (read more)
Rod's Comment: As anyone who reads my blog knows, I am a critic of former President Trump but would personally be hesitant to use the word "fascist" to describe him. The term is imprecise. Not every authoritarian dictator is a fascist. The term has almost lost any meaning it once had and was always hard to define. Nevertheless, I find it informative that Gen. Miley had such strong feeling that Donald Trump was a danger to the country that he described Trump as a fascist. And, maybe Trump is a fascist.
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