2020-06-04 00:00:00, Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN
Content Categorization
/Law & Government/Military
/News/Politics
Word Count:
1764
Words/Sentence:
28
Reading Time:
11.76 min
Reading Quality:
Adept
Readability:
13th to 15th
Also on Wednesday evening, retired Gen. John Allen, the former commander of American forces in Afghanistan, took his own turn at attacking Trump's response in a commentary published by Foreign Policy."
We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership," said the retired Marine general in a statement, criticizing Trump for threatening to deploy regular troops to quell unrest in a flagrant threat to US political stability.
He tweeted that if people watched media coverage they would think that "killers, terrorists, arsonists, anarchists, thugs, hoodlums, looters, ANTIFA & others, would be the nicest, kindest most wonderful people in the Whole Wide World.
He was referring to the order given to federal security forces on Monday to clear protesters from Lafayette Square before the President emerged from the White House to stand in front of St. John's Church and hold a Bible aloft.
Former Presidents Bush and Bill Clinton had previously issued statements calling on Americans to engage in self-examination about the country's racial scars and to commit to building a new society.
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