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

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

WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has suspended the security detail for former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley, adding another prominent former official to the list of those who have seen their protection stripped under the new Trump administration.