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Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley rejected then President Donald Trumps suggestions of a violent military crackdown of civil unrest, including one suggestion by Trump for the military to crack skulls

A new book by Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Bender reports that Trump wanted the military to 'beat the f--k' out of civil rights protesters including shooting them and 'crack[ing] skulls,' all things rejected by military leaders. MSNBC's Brian Williams discusses with Peter Baker.

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Allegedly, General Milley clashed with top White House officials who sought to encourage the then-President’s behavior, as CNN put it. ANTIFA/BLM RIOTS ARE PROTESTS In discussing the violent riots that the Left likes to call “protests” or “demonstrations,” senior Trump adviser Stephen Miller chimed in, equating the scenes unfolding on his television to those in a third-world country and claiming major American cities had been turned into war zones. “These cities are burning,” Mill...

Mocking the war in vietnam. i guess hes team viet cong now. that and you combine that with donald trump calling our military losers and suckers and apparently per this new reporting on the general milley himself, the same good man pushed back on the argument just last year. quote, just shoot them, trump said on multiple occasions inside the oval office according to excerpts from michael benders book. trump toned it down but only slightly. we will shoot them in the leg or the foot but be hard on ...

Restriction bill there. theyre working at this on a lot of different fronts. and that is something that when you talk to administration officials, thats what they want to make clear. on voting rights, they know they cant do a lot from the executive branch when it comes to legislation. they can pressure people, they can do those things, but theyre also working to look at other executive orders that the president could sign, one of the things the doj could do, so theres a lot of work. >> before i ...

House, had his budget director draft a memo essentially canceling all diversity training but recently when he was speaking in north carolina this is one of the loudest applause lines. we are told by people trump was surprised by how much attention it got. he pays attention to these kind of things. if he is endorsing someone he listens to what gets the most applause. this got a lot of applause. we are hearing this is going to be something when he is making these appearances ahead of the midterms ...

Who are now calling pence a traitor. they are calling him a traitor for -- because he was protecting the constitution. he was upholding the constitution, which these republicans say are so dear to them. its a fundamental right that they claim republican ownership of. so, when pence actually upheld the constitution, what did they do? they called him a traitor. >> they called him a traitor. right? they are supposed to be patriots, right? the constitution. its all about the constitution. april, so ...

19th. michael, it is always a pleasure to see you. you have a great weekend and happy juneteenth. >> thank you, sir. >> this is d"don lemon tonight." i hope you are enjoying your j juneteenth national holiday today. we are owning up to our history and that is a good thing, as michael just said. not running away from it like so many republicans on the hill, capitol hill, i mean. like they are trying to do. so we are ending this week on a high note of truth. yet, we have seen so much shameful whit...

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