Trump hints at dramatic rescue of American woman held and tortured abroad - Andrew Naughtie,
The Independent
Mr Trump has a longstanding affection for
generals going back at least to his 2016 campaign.
Speaking in 2019, he described a meeting at the Pentagon where he met “lots of generals. They were like from a movie. Better-looking than Tom Cruise, and stronger.”
He appointed General Jim Mattis as his first secretary of defence, General John Kelly as his second chief of staff, and
the now-disgraced General Mike Flynn as his National Security Adviser, to be succeeded by General H.R. McMaster.
All four men have now left his administration.