Trump told top US general to ‘just shoot’ racism protesters, book claims

• President also said law enforcement should ‘crack skulls’
• Gen Mark Milley resisted Trump’s calls for violent response
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Gen Mark Milley, the top US military leader, resisted Donald Trump’s demands that his forces “crack skulls” and “beat the fuck out” of protesters marching against police brutality and structural racism, according to a much-trailed new book.

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