{"id":575220,"date":"2021-06-28T10:05:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T14:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=575220"},"modified":"2021-06-28T10:05:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T14:05:15","slug":"trump-denies-argument-with-general-says-he-wouldve-just-fired-him-for-talking-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-denies-argument-with-general-says-he-wouldve-just-fired-him-for-talking-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Denies Argument With General, Says He Would\u2019ve Just Fired Him For Talking Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-denies-argument-with-general-says-he-wouldve-just-fired-him-for-talking-back%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=575220&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1185355522-scaled-e1624887132820.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump refuted reports of a shouting match between him and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, adding that he would have fired the general for simply \u201ctalking back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The claims first arose in <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/04\/trump-wall-street-journal-georgia-republicans-mitch-mcconnell-statement\/\">Wall Street Journal<\/a> reporter Michael Bender\u2019s new book \u201cFrankly, We Did Win This Election,\u201d set for release in August, with an excerpt detailing a heated exchange between the two regarding last summer\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/09\/17\/black-lives-matter-riots-study-data-princeton\/\">violent Black Lives Matter protests<\/a>, Newsweek <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/donald-trump-general-mark-milley-protests-1604650\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>\u00a0Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The excerpt suggests that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/23\/joint-chiefs-woke-military-crt-offensive\/\">Milley<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/24\/new-york-is-out-of-control-trump-defends-giuliani-over-revocation-of-law-license\/\">Trump<\/a> had gotten into an expletive-filled shouting match after Milley told the then-president that he was an adviser and could not be put in charge of attempting to suppress the protests, Newsweek reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.584699453552\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump wanted Milley in charge of protests last summer, but the nation\u2019s top general was a military adviser\u2014not in command of troops.<\/p>\n<p>The argument erupted in a shouting match. \u201cYou can\u2019t fucking talk to me like that!\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axios?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@axios<\/a> has the latest from my book: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F0QIBfyFKi\">https:\/\/t.co\/F0QIBfyFKi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IWsAUP21qA\">pic.twitter.com\/IWsAUP21qA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael C. Bender (@MichaelCBender) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelCBender\/status\/1409482904737140737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI said you\u2019re in f*cking charge!\u201d Trump allegedly said, according to Newsweek, to which Milley allegedly replied that he was not.<\/p>\n<p>After Trump allegedly told Milley that he can\u2019t \u201cf*cking talk to [him] like that,\u201d Milley allegedly requested that a lawyer inform the president of his responsibilities, according to Newsweek. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/25\/trump-mark-milley-critical-race-theory-military-hearing\/\">(RELATED: \u2018It Was Pathetic\u2019: Trump Goes After Mark Milley For Defending Critical Race Theory In Military)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump first made the denial of the exchange to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/trump-mark-milley-protests-michael-bender-a41db287-7f6a-43d9-9a4c-1ba7a0307881.html\">Axios<\/a> via a spokesperson, stating that it was \u201cfake news\u201d and that such an exchange never happened, also claiming that Milley had never talked back to him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"13.181818181818\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, repeatedly blew up at Trump over how to handle last summer\u2019s racial-justice protests, WSJ\u2019s Michael Bender writes in his forthcoming book, \u201cFrankly, We Did Win This Election.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LbmxcYh6b3\">https:\/\/t.co\/LbmxcYh6b3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Axios (@axios) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axios\/status\/1409474159332061188?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf Gen[eral] Milley had yelled at me, I would have fired him,\u201d Trump said through his spokesperson to Axios, claiming that Bender had never asked him about the exchange.<\/p>\n<p>Bender defended his allegations to Axios, saying, \u201cThis exchange was confirmed by multiple senior administration officials during the course of hundreds of hours of interviews with dozens of top Trump World aides for this book.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bender claimed that the former president did not reply to inquiries during the fact-checking process, according to Axios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump refuted reports of a shouting match between him and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. 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