Former Joint Chiefs Chairman Accuses Trump of Politicizing Military Like a Monarch

What was said

"In the Declaration of Independence, a chief complaint was that King George III affected to render the military independent of and superior to the civil power. George Washington himself worried about this abuse of power and went to great pains to avoid it in his own career. Throughout the Revolutionary War, He constantly deferred to the Continental Congress despite its calamitous delays and erratic instructions because he recognized that his authority over the Continental Army flowed from the people's representatives."

General C.Q. Brown Jr., former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs fired by Trump, published a Foreign Policy magazine essay explicitly comparing Trump's military conduct to King George III's monarchical abuses. Brown warned that using the military for politically contentious domestic missions like urban crime enforcement diverts forces from combat readiness and risks the republic itself. He stated that Trump's actions are not merit-based and politicize an institution that must remain apolitical.