General Mark Milley may be defending his phone calls with his Chinese counterpart during the final weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency, but that doesn’t excuse what he did. As we recently learned in a new book, General Milley called Chinese General Li Zuocheng not once, but twice in the final days of Donald Trump’s presidency. Milley, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told members of the Senate Armed Services committee that his goal at the time was easing tensions with Beijing and not “to usurp authority.” Regardless, his actions are inexcusable and require serious consequences.