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   (Trump is a real traitor - you first Donny)   
      
   The death penalty should be on the table for Trump's treason.   
      
   Top U.S. military officer Milley taking 'safety precautions' after Trump   
   alleges treason   
      
   Mark Milley, set to retire as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says   
   he will take "appropriate measures" to ensure his security after former   
   president Donald Trump suggested he had committed a treasonous act that   
   would have once warranted death.   
      
   Trump last week criticized Milley's handling of the U.S. withdrawal of   
   troops from Afghanistan in 2020 and said, without providing evidence, that   
   "this guy turned out to be a Woke train wreck who, if the Fake News   
   reporting is correct, was actually dealing with China to give them a heads   
   up on the thinking of the President of the United States."   
      
   "This is an act so egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would   
   have been DEATH!" Trump said on Sept. 22 on his Truth Social platform.   
      
   Asked about the Trump comments during an interview on CBS's 60 Minutes,   
   Milley, in a clip released on Wednesday, first smirked and then, after a   
   long pause, said, "I've been faithful and loyal to the constitution of the   
   United States for 44½ years."   
      
   He added: "I've got adequate safety precautions. I wish those comments had   
   not been made, but they were. And I'll take appropriate measures to ensure   
   my safety and the safety of my family."   
      
   U.S. President Joe Biden, during a speech in Tempe, Ariz., on Thursday,   
   called out the lack of response from Republican party members after   
   Trump's comments.   
      
   "Although I don't believe even a majority of Republicans think that, the   
   silence is deafening," Biden said. "Hardly any Republican called out such   
   heinous statements."   
   China calls were to avoid escalation: Milley   
      
   Trump's reference to China appears to relate to two contacts made by   
   Milley by Chinese officials, one in October 2020 as the U.S. presidential   
   election neared, and another on Jan. 8, 2021, after Trump supporters   
   attacked the Capitol.   
      
   Milley and his office have previously characterized the calls as an effort   
   to prevent tense U.S.-China relations from escalating into open conflict.   
      
   "The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs regularly communicates with Chiefs of   
   Defence across the world, including with China and Russia," Milley's   
   spokesperson said in 2021 after the calls were detailed in longtime   
   Washington journalist Bob Woodward's book about the administration, Peril.   
      
   "These conversations remain vital to improving mutual understanding of   
   U.S. national security interests, reducing tensions, providing clarity and   
   avoiding unintended consequences or conflict."   
      
      
      
       Judges, jurors, prosecutors in Trump cases face death threats and   
   doxing fears   
      
   Mark Esper, former defence secretary in Trump's administration, said in an   
   MSNBC interview earlier this week that the October 2020 contact with   
   Chinese officials was undertaken at his direction.   
      
   As to the January 2021 call, Milley has previously said he briefed then-   
   defence secretary Christopher Miller and White House chief of staff Mark   
   Meadows, among others.   
      
      
   Esper said Trump's post "should be condemned by everybody — right, left,   
   Republican, Democrat."   
      
   Chris Christie, the most vocal critic of Trump so far during the early   
   days of the Republican primary campaign, called him a "sad and disturbed   
   person" after the Truth Social post.   
      
   "A simple lesson in all of this. You either do what Trump says, or you're   
   his enemy," Christie posted this week on X, formerly Twitter.   
   Longstanding friction   
      
   Trump tapped Milley to replace Marine General Joseph Dunford in 2019, but   
   friction developed between the pair.   
      
   Milley, in military fatigues, was among the administration officials who   
   walked with Trump for what turned out to be a photo-op at a Washington,   
   D.C., church in June 2020, as protests erupted in the city after the   
   police killing of George Floyd.   
      
   'I should not have been there,' said U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman   
   of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.   
      
   Milley would soon publicly apologize.   
      
   "My presence in that moment and in that environment created a perception   
   of the military involved in domestic politics," he said.   
      
   Milley is set to step down from his role on Sept. 30. He will be succeeded   
   by Charles Brown, most recently the chief of staff of the air force, in an   
   appointment delayed in part by one Republican senator's opposition to the   
   military's abortion policies.   
      
   Since leaving office, Trump has directed his ire at Milley in social media   
   posts and speeches over perceived wrongdoing, sometimes using explicit   
   language.   
      
       Chair of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff regrets walking with Trump for   
   church photo-op   
      
       Trump, after presidency, reportedly discusses possessing classified   
   document in recording   
      
   Milley's name arose this summer in the context of Trump's indictment for   
   unlawfully retaining government documents. The authors of a book on   
   Meadows possessed a recording of a conversation with Trump in July 2021 in   
   which he criticizes Milley while allegedly holding a classified document.   
      
   Trump's propensity for aggressive rhetoric has been raised recently as he   
   faces four criminal indictments. He has lashed out at judges and   
   prosecutors in each of the cases, and the special counsel investigating   
   his schemes to overturn a 2020 election loss is seeking a limited gag   
   order in order to protect prospective jurors and the investigation.   
      
   At his appearance before a House committee last week, U.S. Attorney   
   General Merrick Garland referenced "an astounding number of threats   
   against public servants" in recent times, without mentioning Trump by   
   name.   
      
   "We have the actual example of an attack on an FBI office by somebody who   
   was incensed by political rhetoric," Garland said, a reference to an Ohio   
   man who, in the days before that 2022 attack, posted about a "call to   
   arms" following the FBI search of Trump's property.   
      
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