'Sickening:' Here's why one retired military officer spoke out against Trump

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'Sickening:' Here's why one retired military officer spoke out against Trump
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In a conversation with MarthaRaddatz, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen said it was racial injustice that propelled him to speak up, as well as fears that President Trump was politicizing the U.S. military.

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He called the images of law enforcement, backed by the National Guard, clearing peaceful protesters out of Lafayette Square with smoke canisters and pepper balls so the president could pose for a photo outside St. John's Church"sickening." Mullen told Raddatz that these recent events have reminded him of the unrest that swept the country in 1968, when he was at the U.S. Naval Academy. The U.S. military worked for decades to recover its reputation after the Vietnam War, he said, and now he fears the president will again tarnish the trust citizens put in the institution.

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