Mark Milley's portrait as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was taken down from the Pentagon hallway where all of the paintings of the previous chairmen are located.

Pete Hegseth told Milley, a critic of Trump, that he had ordered an investigation to determine whether his rank should be re-evaluated.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pulling the security protections and clearance of retired Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley.

The Pentagon pulled down a portrait of retired US Army General and frequent Donald Trump critic Mark Milley just hours after Trump’s Monday inauguration in Washington, DC, witnesses told Reuters.

Early in his first administration, President Trump noted the general’s “brilliance and fortitude.” And then the president got angry.

Leavitt, 27, noted in her first White House briefing that Trump, 78, remains “firm in his decision” to cut off federal funding for the 24-hour protection Bolton, Pompeo and former US Special

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce the immediate rescission of the personal security detail and security clearance for former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Army Gen.

The former Joint Chiefs chairman had warned that Trump may seek revenge against him and other critics if re-elected to the White House.

Pete Hegseth told Gen. Mark Milley, a longtime foe of President Trump, that the Pentagon is revoking his security detail and clearance.

Courtney Kube, NBC News National Security Correspondent joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White with reaction from inside the Pentagon regarding Donald Trump’s decision to remove General Mark Milley’s security detail and his sycophant Defense Secretary Mark Milley first act at the Pentagon being spent trying to reduce Milley’s military rank in retirement all because of Milley’s refusal to comply with Trump’s unlawful orders during his first term and refusal to put Trump ahead of the constitution.

Gen. Mark Milley, a frequent target Trump’s, will lose his security detail and face an inspector general investigation, said a senior defense official.