Woodward: Worried Trump could 'go rogue,' Milley took top-secret action to protect nuclear weapons

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Woodward book: Worried Trump could 'go rogue,' Milley took top-secret action to protect nuclear...
Two days after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, President Donald Trump's top military adviser, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, single-handedly took top-secret action to limit Trump...
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9:02 AM · Sep 14, 2021

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/14/politics/woodward-book-trump-nuclear/index.html


Washington (CNN) — Two days after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, President Donald Trump's top military adviser, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, single-handedly took top-secret action to limit Trump from potentially ordering a dangerous military strike or launching nuclear weapons, according to "Peril," a new book by legendary journalist Bob Woodward and veteran Washington Post reporter Robert Costa.

Woodward and Costa write that Milley, deeply shaken by the assault, 'was certain that Trump had gone into a serious mental decline in the aftermath of the election, with Trump now all but manic, screaming at officials and constructing his own alternate reality about endless election conspiracies.'
Milley worried that Trump could 'go rogue,' the authors write.

"You never know what a president's trigger point is," Milley told his senior staff, according to the book.

In response, Milley took extraordinary action, and called a secret meeting in his Pentagon office on January 8 to review the process for military action, including launching nuclear weapons. Speaking to senior military officials in charge of the National Military Command Center, the Pentagon's war room, Milley instructed them not to take orders from anyone unless he was involved.

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[underpants]

1. STEINER!!!

Sounds like Trump was playing out the often used bunker scene from the Hitler movie.

Trump did disappear for I think 10 days after the election. Totally checked out. The whole “stolen” thing started without him but he can’t miss a good grift now can he?

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. I don't know about y'all

but I'm pretty grateful for Gen. Milley. I think he stood between tfg and a LOT of destruction. And I don't think he's necessarily one to toot his own horn.

[wnylib]

14. Agree, but my first reaction is

OMG! The US has come to this - that a general felt it was necessary to protect the nation and the world from the nation's president.

[3catwoman3]

15. Me, too. I was hoping beyond hope for the entire...

...4 years that there would be somebody willing to say, "Hell, no!"

[Initech]

3. Holy shit! How is Trump not behind bars?

And where was this evidence when he was on trial and we could have used it against him?

[intrepidity]

5. THIS is my biggest gripe with these "tell all" books!

Authors saving the juicy, damning bits for their books/egos/wallet.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. Gen. Miley is a quiet hero.

Who saved thus country from a madman in more ways than one.

[EYESORE 9001]

6. I wish he'd been heroic enough to drop a dime on Cheeto Benito

when it would have achieved maximum effect.

[StarfishSaver]

8. When would that have been?

[EYESORE 9001]

9. Right after his term was up

and 1/6 was still fresh in everyone’s mind. Strike when the iron is hot.

[StarfishSaver]

11. What difference would that have made?

[mopinko]

7. he should have done it 2 days before.

he knew good and god damned well what was coming down the pike.

[oregonjen]

10. "I don't want to be your friend anymore." Wow, how utterly juvenile.

Scary that he had 4 years in our White House.

[StarfishSaver]

12. I know - that jumped right out at me, too

Good Lord.

I felt exactly the same way - it's still hard to believe that this twisted man was in the White House. Thank God, we survived.

[wnylib]

16. That was soft "mob speak" for

"You will be going through some things if you don't agree with me on this."

Sounds juvenile on the surface, but it is a threat.

[StarfishSaver]

18. Wow! I hadn't even thought of that!

I'm sure you're right.

[3catwoman3]

17. Not even juvenile. More like infantile.

Sounds like preschoolers on the playground. Painfully pathetic.

[Jarqui]

13. Why does a man like Trump still get consideration

as leader of the GOP and so much support?

I know a bunch of the reasons yet it is confounding.

He shouldn't get a single vote from any American. He's unhinged/imbalanced.

Even his 30,000+ lies/misrepresentations should have him getting zero consideration.
And Jan 6th insurrection, of course.
etc, etc.

And the GOP are grooming a replacement in Governor WRong DeGenocidis in Florida.

It's crazy.

[roamer65]

19. One thing is for certain.

Dump can NEVER be allowed to take the oath of office again.

EVER.