President Donald Trump is increasingly at odds with the trio of high-ranking military commanders in his administration, according to Vox.com, the very men whose steely discipline and resolve were purportedly going to help the embattled administration right itself after its shambolic first months.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly — both retired Marine generals — and national security adviser H. R. McMaster — an Army general — have all been hailed by Trump allies as stabilizing and moderating influences on the impulsive, volatile commander-in-chief.
However, a rift is growing between the president and his trio of military men over Trump’s unwillingness to commit more troops to Afghanistan and his effort to purge the military of transgender personnel.
Commanders on the ground in Afghanistan say that if the war there is to be fought to any sort of workable conclusion, then more troops are needed than the 4,000 Trump promised in a speech last week.
Furthermore, the Pentagon has rejected Trump’s plan for a ban on transgender military personnel in spite of the president’s insistence. On Tuesday, Mattis blocked the order from taking effect and issued a statement saying that the military is continuing to study the issue.
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