Okay I am going to have to read Peril by Bob Woodward

[avebury]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-pence-jan-6-woodward-book_n_6140cb1ae4b00ff836f2b930

Among the most harrowing revelations in “Peril” are the efforts made by the nation’s top military general to ensure that Trump would not take reckless military action in the days following the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley worried that Trump would “go rogue” and potentially use nuclear weapons or order another type of strike, the book says, building on previous reporting about concerns that Trump would do something rash to distract from mounting problems at the end of his term. Trump had egged on hoards of his supporters on Jan. 6, and only reluctantly told them to leave in peace after their violent assault on the Capitol.

Milley “was certain,” the book’s authors write, “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.”

On Jan. 8, the general reportedly called a secret meeting at the Pentagon with other senior officials. He reminded them of the official process for ordering military action, which must involve the chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

“No matter what you are told, you do the procedure. You do the process. And I’m part of that procedure,” Milley told his officers, according to the book. He then went around the room to confirm with each official that they understood.

[Ocelot II]

1. "Serious mental decline"? Ya think?

[avebury]

2. Continued

Milley had been required to assure House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that the country’s nuclear arsenal was safe and secure after the Jan. 6 attack, according to a transcript of the call obtained by the authors.

“What I’m saying to you is that if they couldn’t even stop him from an assault on the Capitol, who even knows what else he may do?” Pelosi allegedly said in the conversation, which was previously reported. “And is there anybody in charge at the White House who was doing anything but kissing his fat butt all over this?”

She added: “You know he’s crazy.”

Milley said he agreed with her “on everything.”

Then-CIA Director Gina Haspel also voiced concerns, reportedly telling Milley: “We are on the way to a right-wing coup. The whole thing is insanity. He is acting out like a 6-year-old with a tantrum.”

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. Same here

I am going to have to buy this book