US marine resigns after 24 years, citing ‘concern for country’s future’ under Trump

Resignation, coinciding with Hegseth’s partisan speech, was over Trump flouting constitution, Doug Krugman writesA former US Marine Corps colonel and combat veteran has said that after 24 years of service he “resigned from the military because of Trump”, citing what he described as the US president’s contempt for the constitution.Doug Krugman left his role in the military on 30 September, coinciding with the day that Donald Trump and defense secretary Pete Hegseth delivered controversial, partisan addresses to US military leaders brought to a special meeting in Virginia from across the world, about military priorities and the administration’s agenda. Continue reading...