‘I should not have been there’: US top military official regrets being in Trump’s photo op

The US’s top military official regrets taking part in President Donald Trump’s photo op walk across Lafayette Square in Washington, DC, on 1 June.

General Mark A Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who appeared behind Mr Trump in combat fatigues on that day, said: “I should not have been there.”

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