Former US Defense Secretary of Defense protest against Trump
reports Mehr News Agency “Without Thinking” by Donald Trump’s Joint Chiefs of Staff and other senior officers, Donald Trump has called on Congress to stop any confirmation of their successors.
They also sent a sharp letter to Trump, accusing Trump, who wants to put the US military a tool for its party policies and use these firms to “eliminate legal restrictions on the president’s power”.
The letter was written by four defense ministers who served in the Democratic Governments, as well as James Matthews, a retired officer General of Marines, who served as the first Pentagon chief in Trump’s first presidency.
Former US Secretary of Defense wrote: ”
except James Matthews, letter signatories, William Perry, Leon Panta, Chuck Hagel and Lloyd Austin.