Army Gen.
Barry McCaffrey joins Andrea Mitchell to address the departure of Navy Secretary Richard Spencer amid a conflict with the president over the fate of a Navy SEAL who was convicted of taking photos with the body of a teenage ISIS captive. McCaffrey says Trump's interference in the war crimes case is "very harmful to the internal good order and discipline of the armed forces."
Each time this type of news breaks, I continue to ask exactly what did folks think would happen when we elected someone who doesn't care to uphold any rule of law. By design, chaos is the outcome. Most folks are simply exhausted, yet must resist the persistent attacks on freedoms
No, needless foreign interventions and globalist stooges like you is what is harmful to our military.
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WH occupant is poison.
Navy discipline is out of date if the soldier’s family has to suffer more than anyone else. Killing can bring on depression and suicidal thoughts then it can also bring on other out of character behavior that needs treatment. realDonaldTrump
What’s appalling is a general going against the Presidents orders
What do you not understand about “Commander-in-Chief?” And BTW, Obama pardoned traitor Bradley Manning and said deserter Bergdahl served honorably.
1. POTUS is the CINC. 2. His decisions are orders. 3. SECNAV failed to follow those orders 4. Art 2 Sec 2 Cl 2 the President has pardon powers 5. POTUS pardoned Gallagher 5. SECNAV continued to go after Gallagher 6. SECNAV gets fired. Nothing wrong with this chain of events.
Actually as commander in Chief there was NO INTERVENTION. Anyone in the military knows this.
hardball Tell that to the families of those that were pardoned
I don't care if you are slinging hamburgers! If you go against your boss, you get fired!!!! DUH! Those in high offices have forgotten what it is like in war zones.
LMAO....another Democrat talking running down the POTUS. Fakenews never tells you it's just another swamp dwelling Democrat in the swamp playing the political game.
That’s why YOU are on “MSNBC”! Thank you for your service though!
America just isn’t great anymore under Trump.
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Makes you wonder about all these generals that we’ve been admired for so long, just because they were generals.
Perfectly appropriate. Anyone in the current or former chain of command that thinks otherwise is appalling and very harmful to order and discipline. Why to all these clowns think they outrank the President
POTUS is the'commander&chief'not you former General McCaffrey.While you can have your opinion,you of all know how the military follows chain of command,in all due respect,we invaded a sovereign nation in'03,our worst military blunder of the 21st.century thus far?Generals comment?
Um! must not be educated in the ranking of 'Commander In Chief'
McCaffrey is a deep stater. His disastrous policies on enforcing the war on drugs and incarcerating cannabis users hurt our citizens. He is a liar. Once a liar, always a liar.
Where were you with Obama? Manning? Bergdahl? Please.....😂
This general doesn't understand that the PRESIDENT is his boss
Trumpian tactics. The poor little egotistical man has done this kind of stuff all his lonely life. But now he's trampling on MY country. Patriots... stand up! Forget 'the party' ...stand up for our great nation and the rule of law.
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Precisely why he’s doing it General. Trump had undermined and inserted chaos into every government institution in America. It’s Fascism
Wrong, ask any troop,Trump has their 6. He just went to Afghanistan for a troop visit. Obama went nowhere, except the close base here in the states. It’s gonna be a landslide baby. And the dems and msm no it. It really shows, by all their obstruction.
mccaffreyr3... realDonaldTrump is the Commander in Chief! Trump has complete control of Navy discipline & all military disciplinary matters. You know this! Don't become the old kooky retired general who yells at kids for walking on your grass. BeBest KAG Trump2020
These BASTARDS in the military need to remember that they all work at the pleasure of the Commander and Chief who is called the President of the United States!
Ask McCaffrey who the 'young female staffer' was who told him 'we don't allow military uniforms in the White House' in 1993. Hint: it wasn't a staffer, it was the President's daughter, and the scumbag McCaffrey made his career on keeping his mouth shut about it.
Obama era sycophant says what?
Very similar to how MSNBC treats presidential candidates. BoycottMSNBC TellTheTruthMSNBC
It is, and what happens when a military guy is given an order, & say, no I don’t think I want to do that today? Can’t call on “Cadet Bone Spurs” to fight 4 our country. HouseDemocrats FlaDems chrissyteigen Rosie taylorswift13 As a vet, please let ppl know this AIN’T GOOD.
He’s proven over and over that he has no respect for the military. In fact, he has contempt for it.
Fall out!
Intervention when he’s the Commander in Chief? Lay off the drugs.
The head echelons are scared because their abuse of their underlings are going to come to light. Many a good soldier has been ruined because of their arrogance and their lording over them.
Trump needs to keep his little tiny SOVIET hands off of U.S. armed forces policies.
Gen. McCaffrey, a national treasure. Donald Trump a national disaster. WAKE UP, TRUMPSTERS! YOU ARE THE ONES DJT WILL HURT THE MOST!
4fathers didn’t like it. Except we’re King G. And Iraq and Afghanistan are US. Now “...For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States...”
This ex General is mad because the “ good ole buddy network” being soft on Officers and hard on enlisted is finally over. How many General Officers have been allowed to retire with honors after sending troops to war and secretly committing adultry with enlisted soldiers wives?
Infecting all our norms.
American people better stop sleeping and see the racist demagogue 👑 for what he is, lie deny demand loyalty never question his authority after all he is the chosen one, Moscow Mitch McConnell Devin Nunes Lindsey Graham Jim Jordan henchman🐘💪.
Our government should have one focus right now.....getting rid of illegal drugs pouring through the US-Mexico border and the elimination of those terrorist drug lord regimes!
Would Trump’s military turn on Americans and assist him in staying in office past his time? After all, his Administration thinks they are above the law...
Trump wants to corrupt the military. A corrupt military, loyal to him and willing to commit crimes, is what he needs to be the dictator he wants to be. We are in very dangerous territory now.
Large scale protests in front of recruitment centers are in order
trump is appalling.
Not surprised! How can you expect a 72 yr old Vietnam draft dodger be or much less understand leadership or discipline!
Of course he does, he's on the anti-Trump !
If Obama did this you wouldn’t care. You people are so hyper dramatic it’s rediculous. Just stop
What McCaffery isn’t telling you is how the prosecutor went rogue and the evidence was weak. Gallagher is a warrior, the General, a politician.
So, exactly how does releasing were criminals make America great?
What do expect from a draft dodger. He’s anti military. He’s a pussy who didn’t want to fight for our country. Now sadly he’s the commander in chief and in charge of the very same military he lied to stay out of. It’s absolutely appalling.
From General to Media Maggot in one election cycle!
I am kinda sick of everyone being appalled. When they are not doing anything about it.
President can do this .
And yet no one seems to have the balls to do anything about it. Trump behaves like he’s King. MakeAmericaTrumpFree
Can't believe that the American people allowed this 😱
Guess the General should run for Commander in Chief.
Brass tacks ... Trump is appalling and very harmful.
Trumps intervention is part of his plan. He doesn’t give a shit about Gallagher. It’s all to show the top leadership who’s boss and that he calls the shots not them. Eventually he’ll replace all who that oppose him with “yes men”.
He's merely saying, to everyone: 'If I Go Down, I'm Taking You All, with Me!' (This latest 'action' is PROOF of that 'behavior'!) Donald Trump would (rather) obliterate ALL LIFE (on this planet), instead of Stand Down! ScorchedEarth! 😒
Trump never served. He was demonstrating disregard and disrespect for the law. He is weakening our country every day.
SueGlashauser 'Appalling' is the word for everything Trump does.
One after the other is surprised, but didn't they know Trump is destroying all order in any respect. That shouldn't be news.
Yes sir. A crying shame. Expect them to risk their lives, then not support them. Ask yourself this: if King Trump is elected again, how many will volunteer for service?
Does the title commander-in-chief mean anything to buffoons on MSNBC?
The president never served. He couldn’t repeat on line of the UMCOJ. He tries to portray himself as the biggest patriot of the armed forces. He’s the biggest Con facing America
Republicans are getting just as batty as Trump instead of looking around them at the pile of reputations left laying in ashes after coming anywhere near him
He is the commander in chief He has the final say period It doesn't matter what you think about it Also because he is the commander in chief it does nothing to order or discipline More fake news
Another example of Trump's total disregard and disrespect for the law with disastrous consequences. He is weakening our country and military every day and advancing Putin's agenda.
Trump is trying to run the entire government all by himself. No inkling that it takes teams of actual professionals. “Nobody knows it better than me.” Dunning-Kruger.
Not very many poeple seem to know about psychological terrrorist behavior.
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Which is exactly what trump and his mob friends want. Another step in the disintegration of consensus fabric and moving the line of who’s a crook.
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We should be used to Trump's m.o. of purposefully undermining even, or maybe especially, our most cherished institutions. It's what Putin put him in power to do... WorstPresidentEver PutinsBitch
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Isn’t that the point? Putin must be absolutely gleeful.
Love me some President Trump. I served under Reagan. Wished I could re-enlisted to serve under President Trump
All of realDonaldTrump's actions are appalling.
He is the commander-in-chief. What is it with the Democrats thinking they can tell Trump to do his job? Just like those Ambassadors who testified against him, they don't understand he sets the policy, not them.
COMMANDER IN CHIEF
More lies from the DNC propaganda machine
I don't even know why y'all are just figuring this out right now. You knew this was going to happen
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mccaffrey is a leadership failure and failure as a US Citizen
No it isn't.
He prefers Trump release terrorists like Obama?🤔
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