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![Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army General Mark A. Milley, right, listens while President Donald Trump speaks before a meeting with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on October 7, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0625-donald-trump-mark-milley-400x300.jpg)
Joint Chiefs Chair Rebuffed Trump’s Demands to “Crack Skulls” of Protesters
Trump repeatedly expressed wanting to use the military to shoot protesters during the 2020 uprisings.
![Protestors in support of former President Donald Trump gather outside Veterans Memorial Coliseum where Ballots from the 2020 general election wait to be counted on May 1, 2021, in Phoenix, Arizona.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/06/2021_0625-trump-supporters-arizona-400x300.jpg)
Trumpists Have Made Alarming Advances in Their Quest to Control Elections
GOP lawmakers at every level have used Trump's illusions about voter fraud to rig future elections in their favor.
![Trump supporters gather outside the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0624-capitol-breach-400x300.jpg)
Pelosi Will Form House Select Committee to Investigate January 6 Attack
The committee will look into why and how the attack happened, and produce recommendations on preventing similar events.
![President Donald Trump, with Attorney General William Barr, speaks during a discussion in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on September 23, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0622-trump-barr-400x300.jpg)
Trump Wanted Justice Department to Stop TV Hosts, “SNL” From Making Fun of Him
Trump apparently did not understand that satire was protected speech and repeatedly asked for something to be done.
![Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference at the Shul of Bal Harbour on June 14, 2021, in Surfside, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0621-ron-desantis-400x300.jpg)
Trump Loses to Ron DeSantis as GOP’s Top Pick for 2024, New Poll Finds
Trump has previously stated that if he does run in 2024, he'd consider Gov. Ron DeSantis for his vice president pick.
![Donald Trump](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/06/2021_0621-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Trump Complained COVID Testing Would Lose Him the Election, New Book Says
If COVID comes roaring back in unvaccinated pro-Trump communities this fall, nobody should be surprised.
![President Donald Trump participates in a governors’ video teleconference on partnership to prepare, mitigate and respond to COVID-19 on March 26, 2020, in the White House Situation Room.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/49701463983_e3c0236029_o-400x300.jpg)
Trump Asked Aides About Sending Infected Americans to Guantánamo, New Book Says
Trump wanted to keep the official COVID-19 tally low, and asked if there was “an island” somewhere he could send people.
![Capitol rioters riot at the capitol](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/06/2021_0621-capitol-riot-400x300.jpg)
Jan. 6 Wasn’t the End — the Right Is Trying a Hostile Takeover State by State
It's clear that the Republican assault on democracy is actually just beginning.
![Keith Weber of Centralia, Washington, holds a flag that combines a Gadsden flag from the American Revolution with a Confederate flag from the U.S. Civil War as he talks to protesters holding flags with then-President Donald Trump on them as people demonstrate against Washington State's stay-home order at the state capitol in Olympia, Washington, on April 19, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1210406209-400x300.jpg)
The Big Lie Will Go Down in Revisionist History Like the Civil War “Lost Cause”
The followers of today's new “lost cause” have become Donald Trump's Confederacy of dunces.
![Then-President Donald Trump gives a statement at Morristown Airport on August 4, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0617-trump-400x300.jpg)
Did Trump Just Concede? Former President Says “We Didn’t Win” on Fox News
In spite of recognizing he lost, the former president continued to peddle false claims of election fraud.