General: Trump is dishonest and immoral

Retired Army General Stanley McChrystal, the former commander of US forces in Afghanistan, has sharply criticised President Donald Trump, calling him immoral and untruthful and taking aim at his foreign policy decisions.

In an interview on ABC News’ This

Week, McChrystal told host Martha Raddatz of Trump, “I don’t think he tells the truth.”

The general also responded affirmatively when asked whether he believes Trump is “immoral”. McChrystal said that contrary to Trump’s claim, Isis (Islamic State) has not yet been defeated.

“I don’t believe Isis is defeated. I think Isis is as much an idea as it is a number of Isis fighters. There’s a lot of intelligence that says there are actually more Isis fighters around the world now than there were a couple of years ago,” he said.

The President tweeted this month that “we have defeated Isis in Syria” and abruptly announced plans to withdraw all US forces from that country, against the counsel of his top advisers.

The decision — along with Trump’s directive days later to withdraw nearly half of the more than 14,000 troops deployed to Afghanistan — prompted the resignation of Defence Secretary Jim Mattis.

However, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said yesterday that Trump had ordered a slowdown to the withdrawal.

“I think we’re in a pause situation,” Graham, an outspoken critic of Trump’s policy, said outside the White House.