"Great and irreparable harm": Milley assailed Trump

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Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Mark Milley wrote former President Trump was "doing great and irreparable harm" to the country in a never-sent draft resignation letter in June 2020, per an excerpt from Susan Glasser and Peter Baker's forthcoming book. The big picture: Milley also feared that Trump was seeking to use the military to remain in power. - "You are using the military to create fear in the minds of the people—and we are trying to protect the American people," Milley wrote in the letter dated June 8. - "The American people trust their military and they trust us to protect them against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and our military will do just that. We will not turn our back on the American people." State of play: Milley in the end decided to stay. "'Fuck that shit,' Milley told his staff, per the New Yorker. 'I'll just fight him.'" - Milley sought to prevent Trump from doing any more damage, while also carrying out his obligation to respond to the orders of his commander in chief, according to the magazine. - "If they want to court-martial me, or put me in prison, have at it," Milley told his staff. "But I will fight from the inside."