Tag: generals
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General’s promotion blocked in first sign of Trump retaliation for Afghanistan pullout
A Republican senator has blocked the promotion of a general who oversaw troops in Kabul during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to a Senate aide. The move by Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin follows threats from President-elect Donald Trump to fire senior officers and officials who oversaw the chaotic pullout from Afghanistan in 2021. It…
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Trump denies saying he wanted generals like Hitler’s or that the Nazi leader ‘did some good things’
LAS VEGAS — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday denied ever saying positive things about Hitler during his time in office, including that he needed “the kind of generals that Hitler had.” “I never said that,” Trump said in response to a reporter’s question about an article this week in The Atlantic. “I would never…