Gen. Milley’s stress test

For Milley, the worries about Trump’s manipulation of the military began in June 2020, when Trump wanted to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy uniformed active-duty troops to quell violent protests that followed the murder of George Floyd. Milley told colleagues later that when Trump’s adviser Stephen Miller demanded troops during an Oval Office meeting June 1 arguing that “the barbarians are at the gates,” Milley cut him off, saying, “Shut the f— up, Steve.” Trump backed down.