Trump Ordered Massive Military Withdrawal Just After Losing Election

[DonViejo]

Off the Rails

Episode 9: Trump's war with his generals

Axios

Jonathan Swan, Zachary Basu

Axios' "Off the rails" series documents the end of the Trump administration, from election night 2020 through the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol.

One important piece is only now beginning to emerge: Former President Donald Trump's last-minute bid to pull U.S. forces from Afghanistan and swaths of the Middle East, Africa and even Europe ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration — and why he blinked.

John McEntee, one of Donald Trump's most-favored aides, handed retired Army Col. Douglas Macgregor a piece of paper with a few notes scribbled on it. He explained: "This is what the president wants you to do."

1. Get us out of Afghanistan.

2. Get us out of Iraq and Syria.

3. Complete the withdrawal from Germany.

4. Get us out of Africa.

It was Nov. 9, 2020 — days after Trump lost his re-election bid, 10 weeks before the end of his presidency and just moments after Macgregor was offered a post as senior adviser to acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller.

As head of the powerful Presidential Personnel Office, McEntee had Trump's ear. Even so, Macgregor was astonished. He told McEntee he doubted they could do all of these things before Jan. 20.

"Then do as much as you can," McEntee replied.

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[Chainfire]

1. That list sounds like a Putin wet dream.

[KPN]

3. Sounds like? You know it. Why hasn't the

media picked up on what everyone else has?

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. Surprised that Germany was #3 on the list. That had to be Putin's# 1 priority. nt

[DENVERPOPS]

7. Because it was..........

In watching every last single thing Trump did, you could ask: "What would Putin do" and the answer was: exactly what Trump did...
And all the Republican Senators in lock step with Trump on everything? Putin just showed them the compromising Kompromat he had gathered on each Senator.

It had to be something far worse than affairs, being gay, or screwing the neighbors cat........

Because the major themes of the Republican party are always based on hypocrisy and projection, perhaps it has something to do with underaged boys and girls........

just saying.......

[Captain Zero]

12. Underage and

Snuff. The only worst thing that I can imagine.

[DENVERPOPS]

16. I believe the only thing

that would cause his crowd to get all upset would be sexual Kid stuff.........

Somewhere out there, there really is a pizza place, with a child trafficking network run out of it's basement, and it is owned by a Republican, not a democrat.......

[DENVERPOPS]

8. Because it was..........

In watching every last single thing Trump did, you could ask: "What would Putin do" and the answer was: exactly what Trump did...
And all the Republican Senators in lock step with Trump on everything? Putin just showed them the compromising Kompromat he had gathered on each Senator.

It had to be something far worse than affairs, being gay, or screwing the neighbors cat........

Because the major themes of the Republican party are always based on hypocrisy and projection, perhaps it has something to do with underaged boys and girls........

just saying.......

[Wingus Dingus]

15. Yup.

[Champp]

2. So the republiQon LOSER is also a repuliQon QUITTER

You have to wonder whether intimate moneybux Kompromat crony, Pooty Poot, put Diety Donnie up to this evil republiQon shit.

[dalton99a]

5. Kick

[LiberalLovinLug]

6. Everything he promised his best komrad ever he'd get done in his second term

I'm sure there was a tit for tat deal. Like a Moscow Trump tower or something. Depending on how much of that list was accomplished.

[Rural_Progressive]

9. That's what it's always been all about

First four years were the set up

Second four years were to be the payoff

That's the reason "The Big Lie" has been running for as long as it has. Some very "important" people got stiffed when the "election in the bag" didn't turn out the way it was designed to turn out.

Sad.

[Martin68]

10. I am not surprised. I'm sure the military would just let the clock run out on any

bogus last-second order from Trump

[CCExile]

11. Not only would this please Putin,

But it would return many quasi-nazi officers to U.S. to Trump's fold right here in the "homeland", where they could be useful to the far right!

[BobTheSubgenius]

13. It had to be either kompromat or eventual personal gain.

Everyone knows damned well he didn't operate for a single day on ideology.

[malaise]

14. Why hasn't this man been arrested up yet

Good effin' grief! He has to be stopped

[marble falls]

17. That article should be read by anyone who doesn't believe that the military had a part in ...

... defending our democracy from the coup that 45 was planning.

[malaise]

18. Agree

but I still want to know what it will take to lock up this treasonous piece of shit.

[marble falls]

19. I will bet he has his first indictment by September.