In an interview on ā€œ60 Minutesā€ on Wednesday, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Mark Milley said he will take ā€œappropriate measuresā€ to make sure he and his family are safe in the wake of recent comments made by former President Trump.

Milleyā€™s words come after a Truth Social post by Trump last week calling the chairman a ā€œWoke train wreckā€ and accusing him of treason, seeming to reference calls made by Milley to China for reassurance at the end of Trumpā€™s term.

ā€œThis is an act so egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH!ā€ Trumpā€™s post read. ā€œA war between China and the United States could have been the result of this treasonous act. To be continued!!!ā€

ā€œIā€™ve got adequate safety precautions,ā€ the military leader said in response to a question about his concern about his safety from CBSā€™s Norah Oā€™Donnell.

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    In an interview on ā€œ60 Minutesā€ on Wednesday, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Mark Milley said he will take ā€œappropriate measuresā€ to make sure he and his family are safe in the wake of recent comments made by former President Trump.

    Milleyā€™s words come after a Truth Social post by Trump last week calling the chairman a ā€œWoke train wreckā€ and accusing him of treason, seeming to reference calls made by Milley to China for reassurance at the end of Trumpā€™s term.

    ā€œThis is an act so egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH!ā€ Trumpā€™s post read.

    Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper expressed his concerns Monday about retaliation by the former president against people whom he has had strife with ā€” such as Milley ā€” if he returns to office, calling them ā€œlegitimate.ā€

    ā€œLook, I think itā€™s a legitimate fear,ā€ Esper told CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins.

    ā€œIf you recall from my memoir ā€¦ I cite a circumstance where [Trump], egged on by his close advisers, wanted to call back to active duty Adm. McRaven and Gen. McChrystal, to court-martial them, for some things that they allegedly said in in the public domain, and Milley and I had to talk the president out of doing that, for any number of reasons.ā€


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