{"id":15614,"date":"2026-04-08T11:36:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=15614"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:36:36","slug":"retired-general-trump-an-absolutely-terrible-commander-in-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=15614","title":{"rendered":"Retired general: Trump \u2018an absolutely terrible commander in chief\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"395\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/52.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/52.png 395w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/52-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A retired U.S. general slammed President Trump on Tuesday for being an \u201cabsolutely terrible commander in chief\u201d after Trump threatened Iran\u2019s \u201cwhole civilization\u201d ahead of his deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and negotiate a peace agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CNN\u2019s Kate Bolduan asked Brig. Gen. Steve Anderson about his reaction to Trump\u2019s heightened rhetoric. The president was doubling down on an earlier warning to Iran after giving them until 8 p.m. EDT on Tuesday to agree to a deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWell, we already knew that Donald Trump was a pretty bad president, but now we know that he\u2019s an absolutely terrible commander in chief as well,\u201d he answered. \u201cI mean, he continues to vacillate \u2013\u2013 offers contradictory messaging about what\u2019s going on and does he support the Iranian people? Does he not? Does he support regime change? Does he not? Are the allies with us? Does he need them? It goes on and on and on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis guy is just not competent in terms of leading this force,\u201d Anderson continued. \u201cHe has not set clear objectives, clear definable objectives, that the military can truly execute.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump warned earlier in the day that Iran\u2019s \u201cwhole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.\u201d He wrote in the same Truth Social post that he hopes that \u201cnow that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anderson predicted Trump will extend the deadline because Trump cannot do what he said he will do, \u201cwhich is to bomb every single civilian target in the theater in Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m old enough to remember the Nuremberg trials and how we\u2019ve held the Germans accountable after what they \u2014 the atrocities they committed during World War II,\u201d the retired general added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nuremberg trials brought Nazi officials to justice following the end of World War II. Former German officials accused of war crimes went on trial, with 13 held before the International Military Tribunal from 1945 to 1949, according to the National World War II Museum\u2019s website. Several Nazi leaders were charged and convicted with crimes against humanity and war crimes, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019d hate to think, you know, five, 10 years from now, we\u2019d be doing the same kind of thing with American soldiers and leaders that made decisions that were being directed by the president of the United States that are illegal,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump\u2019s ominous threat was met with a wave of criticism from Democrats, who condemned it as \u201cgenocidal\u201d or presenting the possibility of committing war crimes. Democratic members of Congress also called for the invocation of the 25th Amendment, which prompts the removal of the president from power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter bombing a school and massacring young girls, the war criminal in the White House is threatening genocide,\u201d Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) wrote on social platform X, referring to a U.S. attack on a girls\u2019 elementary school in Iran following the start of the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) specifically called on the White House to clarify if it will use nuclear weapons in its attack on Iran. The White House later criticized the suggestion that nuclear weapons would fall on Tehran as part of the president\u2019s threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iranian officials have remained defiant against Trump\u2019s warnings. 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