President Trump defended his intervention in the cases of three service members implicated in war crimes, asserting that he was “sticking up” for America’s armed forces amid an escalating controversy over the ouster of his Navy secretary
of posing with the corpse and demoted.that Trump had ordered him on Sunday to ensure that Gallagher maintained his SEAL status following reports that the admiral atop the elite commando force was convening a board that would consider ejecting him.after circumventing Esper in an attempt to broker a private compromise with the White House that would have allowed both for Gallagher to retire as a SEAL and for the review board process to move forward, according to the Pentagon chief.
to Trump acknowledging his departure, he wrote that “it has become apparent that … I no longer share the same understanding with the Commander in Chief who appointed me, in regards to the key principle of good order and discipline.
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