Trump: Mattis and Milley Are ‘Woke,’ ‘Not Great Generals,’ ‘I Fired Them Both’

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TRUMP: "Well, they were not my cup of tea, and they were — they were woke, you know that. They were not great generals, in my opinion. I was asking them, I didn't agree with the advice. Look at the advice that Milley gave to Biden on Afghanistan, move the soldiers out first. No, you have to move the soldiers out last. I don't respect them as soldiers, I never did. I fired them both. I let them resign, but I fired them both, I got them out in the form of Mattis, the other one I just didn’t listen to his advice very much because I didn't think — and some others. And I did respect others. My generals, who — as you know, I defeated ISIS. It was supposed to take years and I got it done very quickly, had great generals that I dealt with. I don't consider those people great generals. I think Mattis was a wash and not very good, and I thought Milley was terrible. I watched his performances in Congress and I thought he was terrible. He told me the same thing about Afghanistan, I said, 'We want to get out.' I was prepared to get out. I was gonna keep Bagram, but I would have been out before Biden. Milley said we should leave all the military equipment behind. I said, 'Why would you do that? Would you leave $150 million jet fighters?' 'Yes, sir, it's cheaper, sir.' And I started to realize then that, to me, he wasn't my cup of tea.”