From Lawfare, Ned Price on the civil-military divide: A temporary casualty of the Trump administration. It’s not organized military opposition to President Donald Trump, but day by day, generals and admirals are publicly stepping up and directly giving the American public their views in ways that don’t always match the Twitter rhetoric of their commander in chief. Weakest commander in chief ever: Trump likes to say that he’s strong on the military — but he’s weak, so weak. Trump breaks these 3 rules about how U.S. presidents relate to the military. Trump faces new scrutiny over grieving military families. Trump’s refusal to take responsibility is a deep moral failure. Bannon says criticizing Trump disrespects the military.
