Gen. Kellogg blasts Milley's 'garbage' claims about Trump's final months

>> GENERAL MILLEY FACES A SENATE PANEL ON SEPTEMBER 28th. >> Dana: THANK YOU. >> John: KEITH KELLOGG A FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR. GENERAL GOOD TO SEE YOU. WE HAVE SECRETARY AUSTIN THROWING SUPPORT BEHIND MILLEY AND THE PRESIDENT SUPPORTS GENERAL MILLEY. YOU WORKED WITH HIM IN THE LAST ADMINISTRATION AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF. DO YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE IN HIM? >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME THIS MORNING. NO. LOOK, SECRETARY MILLEY IF THE REPORTS ARE TRUE OVER-STEPPED HIS BOUNDS. HE HAS 3 ROLLS: -- ROLES. ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL. THE CONSTITUTION IS CLEAR. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THAT’S IT. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP IT WAS WITHIN HIS RIGHTS TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS GOING INTO JANUARY ON WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AND WHAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE AND MILLEY’S JOB IS TO SUPPORT THAT. HE GIVES THAT SUPPORT AND GOES FORWARD. IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GETTING INTO SITUATIONS ABOUT THE ROLES. THIS IS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AND THE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT. WHEN HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6TH. THE PRESIDENT GOT MAD. PEOPLE GET MAD AND COME DOWN FROM THAT. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WITH THE PRESIDENT LONGER THAN ANY OTHER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR AT THE SENIOR LEVEL IN 4 YEARS. I SAW HIM GO THROUGH SOME REALLY TOUGH CRISIS SITUATIONS. TOUGH CRISIS SITUATIONS. ONE IN 2019 WHEN THE IRANIANS SHOT DOWN A DRONE AND HE GOT BAD ADVICE FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR. HE TOOK THAT ADVISE AND TALKED AROUND THE ROOM THAT HE WOULD NOT ESCALATE AND MADE A HARD CALL. I SAW HIM IN CRISIS SITUATIONS. I SAW HIM IN CRISIS SITUATIONS. HE WAS NEVER OUT OF ROLE. MARK MILLEY WAS CONCERNED THE PRESIDENT WAS OUT OF CONTROL. THAT’S GARBAGE. THAT’S JUST NOT TRUE. >> John: APPARENTLY HE WAS ACTING ON INTELLIGENCE THAT CHINA WAS WORRYING ABOUT WHAT THE UNITED STATES MIGHT DO AND WHETHER AN ATTACK WAS COMING. THAT INTELLIGENCE WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPARTMENTALIZED. NEITHER MIKE POMPEO OR ROBERT O’BRIEN WERE AWARE OF THAT INTELLIGENCE NOR DID THEY TALK TO MILLEY ABOUT IT. POMPEO WAS ASKED ABOUT IT THIS MORNING ON FOX AND FRIENDS. >> I DIDN’T HAVE ANY COMP PUNCTION TO CALL MY CHINESE COUNTERPART TO TELL THEM TO RELAX. WE WERE FORCEFUL AND SERIOUS. I THINK THE CHINESE UNDERSTOOD THAT. >> John: THE PRESIDENT’S TOP CIVILIAN MILITARY ADVISOR AND THE TOP MILITARY ADVISOR MILLEY. SHOULD THAT INFORMATION HAVE BEEN RELAYED ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL? DID YOU KNOW ABOUT IT? >> LOOK, WE ARE ALL VERY SENIOR LEVELS. WE ARE ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVED DAILY THE DAILY BRIEFING. YOU HEARD SECRETARY POMPEO. IT WASN’T THERE. POMPEO WOULD HAVE SEEN. I WOULD HAVE SEEN IT. THE PRESIDENT WOULD HAVE SEEN IT. IF THEY DIDN’T SEE IT WASN’T THERE ABOUT CHINESE INTENTIONS. SO I NEED TO MAKE SOMETHING UP TO SAY WHY I CALLED SOMEBODY. I BELIEVE THIS, JOHN. MARK MILLEY MADE A MISTAKE IF IT’S TRUE WHAT IS REPORTED IN THE BOOK. I CAN’T IMAGINE COLIN POWELL DOING THIS OR JOE MYERS. IT’S JUST WRONG. >> John: WE WILL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT MARK MILLEY WAS ASKED TO DO AND WHAT HE DID WHEN HE APPEARS BEFORE THE SENATE ARMED

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Length: 4min 27sec (267 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 17 2021