Ex-Air Force chief reveals shocking retaliation as he defies Trump effort to silence him

The leader of President Joe Biden’s Air Force slammed the Donald Trump administration Monday after he found himself blackballed for speaking out.

Frank Kendall wrote in the New York Times that he’d been told by organizations and law firms that they want nothing to do with him — because he dared criticize the actions of the current president.

And he warned of the dire state of democracy in a country where that could happen.

“Since I left the government in January, I have been told by several organizations that they either couldn’t openly employ me, hold my security clearances or otherwise be associated with someone visibly criticizing the administration,” the former Secretary of the Air Force wrote.

“In one instance, I was told that a nonprofit that had asked me to serve as a distinguished fellow withdrew that offer because its senior leadership felt I had become too partisan. One corporate chief executive told me I had become toxic for writing and speaking about the administration’s abuses of power.

“I expected some of these responses, but it’s disappointing to experience, nonetheless. I have lost count of how many of my fellow national security professionals have told me they are grateful that I have spoken out, but in the same breath say they are afraid to do the same.”

Kendall lamented the number of former government officials who have had their security clearances ripped from them and have been threatened with retribution just for vocally standing against the president.

“This climate of menace and apprehension extends to companies’ willingness to employ or associate with those who criticize Mr. Trump or his administration. I am one of those people,” he wrote.

Kendall wrote that he had vehemently opposed George W. Bush’ s presidency.

“We didn’t worry about being arbitrarily arrested or investigated, having any government funding for our organizations cut off, or being personally and viciously attacked on social media and in the press,” he wrote.

“I cannot make that statement today.”