Donald Trump called them 'my generals.' They call him a threat to democracy: ANALYSIS

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : "Back in 2020, Trump responded to Mattis, calling him "the world's most overrated general."
66% : In January 2017, at a luncheon with congressional leaders immediately following his inauguration, Trump gave a shoutout to the military leaders he put in his Cabinet -- specifically, John Kelly and James Mattis, both retired four-star Marine generals.
44% : Perhaps they should be giving speeches around the country about the behavior they witnessed when Trump was in the Oval Office and their concern about what he is saying now.
42% : But without doing any of that, the words of the men Trump called "my generals" are now at the center of this most consequential and hotly contested presidential election.
30% : They share many of the concerns about Trump but worry about the military leadership, even retired leadership, appearing to take political sides.
28% : Mark Milley, who was appointed by Trump to be the nation's highest ranking military officer as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called him "fascist to the core" and "the most dangerous person to this country" in comments to journalist Bob Woodward.
24% : It's hard to imagine a harsher condemnation of a president than the words we have recently heard from the military officers who served Trump.
24% : Why did he wait so long to tell the world about the threat posed by Trump?
22% : If they think Trump poses such a threat to America, why are they not taking a more public stance, critics ask?
21% : That came after his confirming to CNN last year that he had told The Atlantic in 2020 Trump called American heroes who died in battle "suckers" and "losers.
17% : "Trump soon found the retired military officers he appointed were not really his generals, after all; they had each sworn an oath to protect the Constitution -- they had not sworn allegiance to Trump.
17% : Last September, Trump accused Milley of treason, posting on his social media platform, "in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH!"
13% : Mattis said Trump had made "a mockery of the Constitution.
3% : John Kelly, who served Trump as both secretary of homeland security and then White House chief of staff, has now told the New York Times that Trump "falls into the general definition of fascist" after he suggested using the military to go after his political opponents -- calling them "the enemy from within."
3% : "Not to mention Kelly telling the Times Trump had spoken positively about Adolf Hitler.Three years earlier, it was James Mattis who offered a damning assessment of the president he had served for two years as defense secretary.

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