Steve Bannon has issued a warning to retired General Mark Milley, claiming he will be “held accountable” in a second Donald Trump administration over calls he made to his former Chinese counterpart in the final tumultuous months of Trump’s term in office.
Milley has defended himself from attacks from Trump and his allies over his calls to General Li Zuocheng of the People’s Liberation Army to assure him that the United States was not going to suddenly go to war with or attack China during Trump’s last weeks as president.
He (Milley) said the calls were within the duties of his job, saying in a 60 Minutes interview last month that there was “absolutely nothing inappropriate or treasonous about them.”
Trump said in September that it was “an act so egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH! A war between China and the United States could have been the result of this treasonous act.”
“You specifically talked to the Chinese Communist Party, the PLA, about your mindset and the mindset of the American military in that trying time, and you did not run that by the commander-in-chief, who you swore an oath of office to protect the Constitution.
“He’s the commander-in-chief. If you had a problem, you should have resigned right then. You’re cunning, you’re sneaky, you’re a liar, and you’re treasonous, and you will be held accountable.”
R&I ~ MJM
Captain