Former President Trump said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley should be court-martialed if it’s true that, as reported, Milley thought Trump would orchestrate a coup.
Trump has been defending himself from an excerpt in the book “I Alone Can Fix It,” by Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, that says Milley believed Trump would try to stay in power through a coup in the last days of his presidency.
“The writings within these third-rate books are Fake News, and ‘General’ Milley (who [former Defense Secretary James] Mattis wanted to send to Europe in order to get rid of him), if he said what was reported, perhaps should be impeached, or court-martialed and tried,” Trump said in a statement on Friday.
“So, there was no talk of a coup, there was no coup, it all never happened, and it’s just a waste of words by fake writers and a General who didn’t have a clue,” Trump added.
In the book’s excerpt, Milley was reportedly so concerned about the possibility of a Trump coup he even discussed it with his deputies.
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“Never once did I have a discussion with him about bringing in the Military, or a ‘coup,’ which makes sense, because I lost total confidence in him and the way he handled himself on our little walk to the church,” Trump said, apparently referring to Trump’s 2020 photo op in Lafayette Square, which Mattis criticized.
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Trump says Milley should be court-martialed "if he said what was reported" https://t.co/FgIWGrSaqq pic.twitter.com/v9oP7HczRz
— The Hill (@thehill) July 17, 2021
The one-time commander in chief knows nothing about military laws and protocol. The president who swore to uphold the Constitution doesn’t know what’s in it.
By the way, it’s long past time to get rid of that commander-in-chief title for presidents. May have been fine back in the day when most presidents served in the military. But in recent years very few have. Now that might be ok if a president had competent military advisers he listened to. But these days there are few good advisers and our last president wouldn’t listen to any good advice, not just from the military.
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