Top generals feared Trump would attempt coup after election and had informal plan to stop it: book
Top U.S. were so concerned that former President Trump might stage a coup or take other illegal actions after his 2020 election loss that they discussed informal plans to stop him, according to excerpts from a forthcoming book obtained by CNN.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley and others were concerned that Trump or his allies would stage a coup in an attempt to have him stay in power, according to a new book by Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig’s and Philip Rucker, “I Alone Can Fix It,” which is set to be released next Tuesday.
According to CNN, the book reports that Milley and other Joint Chiefs were considering resigning one at a time to avoid carrying out the orders of the former president, which they worried might be dangerous or illegal.
Milley was reportedly “on guard” for what might transpire following the election and had spoken with lawmakers and friends over the possibility of a coup.
“They may try, but they’re not going to f**king succeed,” Milley told his deputies, according to the book. “You can’t do this without the military. You can’t do this without the CIA and the FBI. We’re the guys with the guns.”
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According to CNN, the book reports that Milley was also concerned about Trump’s actions leading up to Jan. 6. The authors wrote that that Milley saw Trump as “the classic authoritarian leader with nothing to lose.”
“Milley told his staff that he believed Trump was stoking unrest, possibly in hopes of an excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act and call out the military,” according to the book.
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— The Hill (@thehill) July 15, 2021
“The book recounts how for the first time in modern US history the nation's top military officer, whose role is to advise the president, was preparing for a showdown with the commander in chief because he feared a coup attempt after Trump lost the election https://t.co/D6lblai6f1
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) July 15, 2021
We came really close to a coup, and we could again. This isn’t over. https://t.co/UfCWweTSxs
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 15, 2021
I have been warning people not to use this kind of language. But when the chairman of the joint Chiefs uses it, I take it a lot more seriously. https://t.co/IYmObSuqgr
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 15, 2021
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