No, General Milley, President Trump Wasn’t Losing It
The former commander in chief has been his own authentic self consistently all his life.
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff worried about a rogue president.
Photographer: Mark Wilson/Getty ImagesGeneral Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was so consumed with fear that former President Donald Trump might launch “rogue” conventional or nuclear strikes against China, he acted twice to prevent it, according to excerpts from a new book.
Just days before last November’s presidential election, and then two days after the Jan. 6 insurrection, Milley called his “rattled” military counterpart in China to reassure him that the U.S. wouldn’t attack, Bob Woodward and Robert Costa report in “Peril.” On one occasion, Milley convened his own military team to discuss proper nuclear launch procedures and, on another, reassured House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.