“The little things in life matter. If you can’t do the little things right, you’ll never be able to do the big things right. So if you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.” That’s retired Admiral William McRaven giving a commencement speech in 2014 that went viral. He served 37 years as a Navy SEAL, and once led the country’s entire Special Operations forces, including the mission to go after Osama bin Laden. “At some point in time, the president said, ‘Well, can you do this?’ And I was candid with him. I said, ‘Mr. President, I don’t know if we can do this until I have an opportunity to bring the SEALs in this case, And the helicopter pilots from the 160th and rehearse it.’” But more recently, the war hero became a target of President Trump. “Bill McRaven. Retired Admiral. Navy SEAL, 37 years. Former head of US Special Operations.” “Hillary Clinton fan” “Special Operations—” “Excuse me. Hillary Clinton fan.” The bad blood apparently started with a speech at the University of Texas at Austin, where McRaven got his undergraduate degree in journalism. And after leaving the Navy, he became a chancellor of the U.T. system in January 2015. “On February 17th, the president said the news media is the enemy of the American people. This sentiment may be the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime.” Fast forward to August 2018. McRaven wrote an op Ed in the Washington Post supporting former C.I.A. director and Trump critic John Brennan, who had a security clearance revoked. McRaven wrote: “I would consider it an honor if you’d revoke my security clearance as well. So I can add my name to the list of men and women who have spoken up against your presidency.” Trump shot back. “I don’t know McRaven. I know that I’ve gotten tremendous response from having done that, because security clearance is very important to me.” And Trump, who got five draft deferments during the Vietnam War is now causing a bigger stir, with his latest critique of McRaven’s military prowess. “He’s a Hillary Clinton backer and an Obama backer and frankly—” “He was a Navy SEAL for 36—” Wouldn’t it have been nice if we got Osama bin Laden a lot sooner than that? Wouldn’t it have been nice?” “You’re not even going to give them credit for taking down that Bin Laden?” McRaven told CNN he didn’t support Hillary Clinton or anyone else in the 2016 election. He also added: “I stand by my comment that the president’s attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in my lifetime.”