{"id":825331,"date":"2021-09-28T20:14:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T00:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=825331"},"modified":"2021-09-28T20:14:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T00:14:43","slug":"gen-milley-claims-was-not-undermining-president-trump-with-secret-china-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gen-milley-claims-was-not-undermining-president-trump-with-secret-china-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen. Milley claims was not undermining President Trump with secret China talks"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fgen-milley-claims-was-not-undermining-president-trump-with-secret-china-talks%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=825331&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 id=\"attachment_2533349\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2533349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley listens to a Senators question during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations, on September 28, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Photo by PATRICK SEMANSKY\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 4:20 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, September 28, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley defended his talks with China behind President Trump\u2019s back, which Republican senators have seen as undermining the commander in chief at the time. During a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) asked Milley why he didn\u2019t resign after it became known those talks took place.<\/p>\n<p>Milley went on to say, \u201cas a senior military officer, resigning is a really serious thing and it\u2019s a political act if I\u2019m resigning in protest.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">General Mark Milley REFUSED to share his personal discussions with Joe Biden to Congress.<\/p>\n<p>But he had no problem sharing his personal discussions with Donald J. Trump to our ENEMY China.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lance Gooden (@Lancegooden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lancegooden\/status\/1442887216473141251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The general claimed he was going to carry out President Trump\u2019s orders unless they would be what he called illegal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy statutory responsibility is to provide legal advice or best military advice to the president and that\u2019s my legal requirement. That\u2019s what the law is. The president doesn\u2019t have to agree with that advice,\u201d he explained. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t have to make those decisions just because we\u2019re generals. If the orders are illegal, we\u2019re in a different place. But, if the orders are legal from civilian authority, I intend to carry them out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Milley also claimed he was not trying to erode President Trump\u2019s authority or decision making. He also said he only spoke with China because Beijing was worried about a possible attack on them by the U.S. at the time.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/4-senators-still-undecided-about-future-in-senate\/\">4 Senators Still Undecided About Future In Senate<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. 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