Monday 8 August 2022 03:40 PM Mark Milley drafted resignation letter saying Trump was 'doing great and ... trends now

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Former President Trump complained that U.S. military generals were not 'loyal' like Nazis in one of a series of erratic outbursts that almost caused Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley to resign. 

One week after the riots of June 2020, where Milley, an Army General, came under fire for marching with Trump in uniform toward St. Joseph's Church - before peeling off as he realized the impropriety of his own presence - the chairman drafted his resignation letter, but did not send it. 

Resigning would have been a highly unusual move, as those in military posts serve the nation before any political party. After seeking counsel from those across the political and military sphere, Milley decided not to send the damning resignation letter. 

'The events of the last couple weeks have caused me to do deep soul-searching, and I can no longer faithfully support and execute your orders as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,' Milley wrote in the letter, according to a new book. 'It is my belief that you were doing great and irreparable harm to my country.'