Mark Milley Tells Trump After Apology for ‘Photo Op’ Role, ‘I Don’t Expect You To Understand’: Book

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley reportedly told former President Donald Trump that he does not “expect” the now-former president “to understand” during a “fiery” confrontation.

A new book details when Trump and Milley’s relationship began to fall apart, according to Axios.

The book, “Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost,” is written by The Wall Street Journal’s Michael Bender.

When Trump had a “photo op” at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., Milley attended. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff then apologized for appearing at the “photo op.”

“I should not have been there,” Milley previously said. “My presence in that moment and in that environment created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics.”

After his apology and while in the Oval Office, Trump and Milley had a “fiery” confrontation, as Axios put it.

Per the book, Trump asked, “Why did you apologize? That’s weak.”

Milley responded, “Not where I come from. It had nothing to do with you. It had to do with me and the uniform and the apolitical tradition of the United States military.”