Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal slammed President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE on Monday for his criticism of retired Adm. William McRaven, the leader of the 2011 mission that killed Osama bin Laden.

“The president is simply wrong. He’s uninformed and he is pushing an idea that I think is not helpful,” McChrystal, who led U.S. forces in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010, said on CNN.

McChrystal said he believes Trump’s comments that the U.S. should have hunted down bin Laden sooner are “symptomatic of a crisis in leadership we have in the nation today.”

"I don’t think personal attacks on anyone is warranted," he added.

.@Gen_McChrystal to CNN's @jimsciutto on @realDonaldTrump's criticism of Adm. McRaven: "The President is simply wrong, he's uninformed and pushing an idea that's not helpful." pic.twitter.com/58mvXe59Rc — Neel Khairzada (@NeelCNN) November 19, 2018

Trump lashed out at McRaven in an interview broadcast Sunday, deriding him as a "Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonDemocratic groups using Bloomberg money to launch M in Spanish language ads in Florida The Hill's Campaign Report: Presidential polls tighten weeks out from Election Day More than 50 Latino faith leaders endorse Biden MORE fan" and questioning why the U.S. did not hunt down bin Laden sooner. The president doubled down on his criticism on Monday and took additional aim at Pakistan for not alerting the U.S. to bin Laden's whereabouts.

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Lawmakers and former military officials pushed back against Trump's criticism, and McRaven said in a statement he stands by his remarks that the president's treatment of the press is a grave threat to democracy.

McChrystal on Monday suggested that the military’s culture of unity is strong enough that morale is not affected by the Trump's remarks.

"I think there’s a certain honesty to what’s happening now," he said. "The president didn’t go to Arlington Cemetery for Veterans Day, and maybe that’s honest because if you really don’t care it would be dishonest to pretend that you do."