One of "Our Best Fighters" vs "Evil" and "Toxic"

From a story in today's New York Times which is based on videos and texts of U.S. Navy Seals who served with Eddie Gallagher:

“I was listening to it, and I was just thinking, like, this is the most disgraceful thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” Special Operator Miller, who has since been promoted to chief, told investigators.

Special Operator Miller said that when the platoon commander, Lt. Jacob Portier, told the SEALs to gather over the corpse for photos, he did not feel he could refuse. The photos, included in the evidence obtained by The Times, show Chief Gallagher, surrounded by other SEALs, clutching the dead captive’s hair; in one photo, he holds a custom-made hunting knife.

     Gallagher was pardoned by the commander-in-chief, who described him as "one of our best fighters".

“I stuck up for three great warriors against the deep state,” Trump told a Florida rally (in November), tying the military to his notions of a deep state for the first time. “And you know what I'm talking about. I had so many people say, ‘Sir, don't think you should do that.’” (USA Today story.)