{"id":5738,"date":"2021-08-04T11:45:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T11:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=5738"},"modified":"2021-08-04T11:45:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T11:45:30","slug":"i-said-youre-in-f-ing-charge-trump-and-gen-milleys-situation-room-shouting-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=5738","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I said you&#8217;re in f&#8212;ing charge!&#8221;: Trump and Gen. Milley&#8217;s Situation Room shouting match"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\n&#8220;Seated in the Situation Room with [Attorney General Bill] Barr, Milley, and [Secretary of Defense Mark] Esper, Trump exaggerated claims about the violence and alarmed officials &#8230; by announcing he\u2019d just put Milley &#8220;in charge.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Privately, Milley confronted Trump about his role. He was an adviser, and not in command. But Trump had had enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I said you&#8217;re in f&#8212;ing charge!&#8221; Trump shouted at him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Well, I&#8217;m not in charge!&#8221; Milley yelled back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You can&#8217;t f&#8212;ing talk to me like that!&#8221; Trump said. &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Goddamnit,&#8221; Milley said to others. &#8220;There&#8217;s a room full of lawyers here. Will someone inform him of my legal responsibilities?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s right, Mr. President,&#8221; Barr said. &#8220;The general is right.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Asked for a response,&nbsp;<\/strong>Trump told Jonathan Swan through an aide: &#8220;This is totally fake news, it never ever happened. I&#8217;m not a fan of Gen. Milley, but I never had an argument with him and the whole thing is false. He never talked back to me. Michael Bender never asked me about it and it&#8217;s totally fake news.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Trump later added:&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8220;If Gen. 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