The Loneliest General: Silence Surrounds Gen. Mark Milley Amid Trump Retaliation
U.S. Army Gen. Mark A. Milley
Military.com | By Konstantin Toropin and Steve Beynon
Published January 31, 2025 at 6:31pm ET
President Donald Trump focused his ire and retaliation on one person in the very first minutes of his presidency, even before his inauguration concluded -- retired Army Gen. Mark Milley, the highest-ranking and most visible officer in the military during the president's first term in office.
On Jan. 20, as Trump was sworn in, Milley's recently unveiled portrait painting from his time as Joint Chiefs chairman was quietly removed from a hallway in the Pentagon that displays portraits of all former chairmen. A week later, another portrait of Milley, a retired Green Beret with more than 40 years of service, from his time as Army chief of staff was removed.
The humiliation wasn't over for Milley. Trump's newly appointed defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, announced he was ending Milley's security detail and initiating an investigation into the retired general to see whether they could strip him of rank, removing one of his stars in retirement.
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