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Trump Just Called a Retired Four-Star General a ‘Dog’ with a ‘Big, Dumb Mouth’

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Donald Trump attacked retired four-star Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal on Tuesday morning for questioning his honesty and morality.

The “commander-in-chief” mocked McChrystal’s military credentials and derided him as a “dog,” a term the president frequently uses to criticize opponents.

McChrystal recently said in an interview with ABC’s Martha Raddatz that he could not work for an “immoral” person like Trump.

“If we want to be governed by someone we wouldn’t do a business deal with because their — their background is so shady, if we’re willing to do that, then that’s in conflict with who I think we are. And so I think it’s necessary at those times to take a stand,” the retired general said.

McChrystal also said the president’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria would lead to instability in the region.

“If you pull American influence out, you’re likely to have greater instability, and of course it’ll be much more difficult for the United States to try to push events in any direction,” he told ABC News.

McChrystal rose to public prominence as a military officer during the administration of President Barack Obama, who tasked the four-star Army general with leading U.S. forces in Afghanistan. McChrystal resigned in 2010 amid the publication of a Rolling Stone magazine article in which he and aides made comments critical of Obama administration officials, including Vice President Joe Biden.

Labeling someone “a dog” or saying they were “fired like a dog” is one of Trump’s recurring Twitter themes.

In recent years, the president — who according to multiple accounts doesn’t care much for man’s best friend — has referred to former aide Omarosa Manigault, GOP Sen. Ted Cruz, ex-top strategist Steve Bannon, conservative talker Glen Beck, NBC reporters David Gregory and Chuck Todd, comedian Bill Maher and pundit Ariana Huffington as dogs, among others.

Which is odd because no one really fires a dog? Most people seem to really love their dogs, but Trump wouldn’t know this since he doesn’t have any animals (thank God.)

Twitter seemed to agree:

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