'I can trust Joe Biden,' says Stanley McChrystal
By
Arden Dier,
Newser Staff Posted Oct 1, 2020
There were times when Army Gen.
Stanley McChrystal was critical of Vice President Joe Biden while
overseeing US operations in Afghanistan under the Obama administration.
Indeed, he resigned in 2010 after Rolling Stone aired his mocking of Biden, whom he'd described as
"shortsighted."
But the retired four-star general holds no resentment,
as evidenced by his endorsement of Biden on Thursday, per CNBC.
"I think my willingness to endorse him now should signal to people that
there was a respectful relationship then and just how important I think
it is to replicate that kind of respectful relationship between senior
military and leaders now," McChrystal told MSNBC. He said the country
needs a commander in chief who is "humble enough to understand that they
are a servant."
"We just need an honest person
who is willing to listen," McChrystal said. "We need someone who will
take in information, surround themselves with talented people, and lead
the country the best they can......
You have to believe that your commander in chief at the end of the day is someone that you can trust. And I can trust Joe Biden." Now a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, McChrystal said he expected Biden to "set a tone in which he would bring out the best of people," per the Hill. The general joins nearly 500 retired top military and national security officials in backing Biden, per USA Today. (McChrystal previously described President Trump as immoral and a liar, which Trump clearly didn't like.)
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