Pentagon-Trump clash breaks open over military and protests

WASHINGTON (AP) — Yet another former military leader, retired Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, is criticizing President Donald Trump’s response to the protests following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. And Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is praising the stance of Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who declared that it would be wrong for Trump to send active-duty troops to quell protests in an extraordinary clash between the U.S. military and its commander in chief. The chorus of current and former military leaders is part of an extraordinary clash between the military and its commander in chief.