Gen. Mark Milley is considered one of the most politically nimble chairmen in modern history but also one of its most divisive . His critics say he has inflicted longterm damage to the role of chairman a position designed to be strictly apolitical . But what is clear is that Milley has appeared to thrive at navigating the bureaucratic realpolitik of Washington DC even as he rejects any characterization of himself as a political operator . He survived in the role under both Trump and President Joe Biden helping steer the country through the domestic political upheaval of the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and the highstakes maneuvering around the war in Ukraine . He became adept at managing up under Trump his defenders say and was able to prevent some of the former presidents wilder impulses from becoming reality without being fired . The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is expected to depart the office this week . Milley will be leaving the office on Monday . He is considered to be the most divisive chairman in the final months of the Trump administration with the help of Bob Woodward and Robert Costasious Content Content of the final days of the Obama administration . Two days after the attack on the Capitol Hill, Milley was concerned that the president had gone into a serious decline and had gone rogue and instructed senior officers from the National Military Command Center not to take orders unless he was instructed to go rogue . In the final weeks of the administration. Milley had gone on a mental decline. He is concerned that he might go rogue. He has gone rogue. Two days before he had gone. He was concerned. He had gone to a serious mental decline and instructed Senior Military Command. The National Military. Command. Center of the Military. Center. Command of the National. Command . of the
Mark Milley leaves a controversial legacy as America’s top general .
