Bob Woodward is going to destroy Donald Trump like he did to Nixon
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley moved to limit former President Trump's ability to call for a military strike or launch nuclear weapons days after the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot according to "Peril," an upcoming book about the end of Trump's presidency written by veteran journalist Bob Woodward and The Washington Post's Robert Costa.
Woodward and Costa wrote in their new book that Milley was worried that Trump might "go rogue," according to CNN.
According to the two journalists, Milley "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."
Due to this perceived "decline," Woodward and Costa wrote that Milley convened a secret meeting at the Pentagon on Jan. 8 in order to review the process of military actions. According to the CNN report, Milley ordered senior military officials to not take orders from anyone unless he was involved.
"No matter what you are told, you do the procedure. You do the process. And I'm part of that procedure," he reportedly said.
Milley's fear of the president going "rogue" was apparently based on prior experience. According to "Peril," Trump issued a military order to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan on Jan. 15, five days before he was set to step down from office.
As Woodward and Costa wrote, Milley "felt no absolute certainty that the military could control or trust Trump and believed it was his job as the senior military officer to think the unthinkable and take any and all necessary precautions."
The Hill has reached out to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Trump's office for comment.
Numerous political books written about the last days of the Trump administration have detailed the adversarial relationship Trump and Milley had.
In the book "Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost," author Michael Bender wrote of how Trump and Milley engaged in a shouting match last year when the president tried to force Milley to respond to the racial justice protests that took place over the summer.
Trump reportedly believed Milley had the legal authority to deploy active-duty troops to respond within Washington, D.C., amid protests. However, former Attorney General William Barr, who was reportedly in the room with them, informed Trump that Milley, as he had said himself, did not have the authority to do so.
Another political book published after Trump left office, "I Alone Can Fix It" by Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, claimed that Milley had concerns that Trump would attempt to carry out a coup in order to stay in power, with the general viewing Trump as "the classic authoritarian leader with nothing to lose.'
Thomas Massie https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1437191578574020613
If you understood or remembered only one thing from George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984,” I’d hope it would be that the totalitarian government redefined the language in order to influence thought.
Rep. Massie Points Out CDC Changing Definition Of ‘Vaccination’
Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.) pointed out the frequently changing definition of the term “vaccination.” Massie took to Twitter this week to share the CDC’s ever-evolving definition, in which key words have been changed over the past several years.
Prior to 2015, it was defined as “an injection to prevent disease.” Until 2021, it was “the act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce immunity.” Now, it has been defined as “the act of introducing a vaccine to produce protection.”
The term “vaccine” was also revised by the CDC. In 2012, the definition was “a product that produces immunity therefore protecting the body from the disease.” It has since been changed a few times and now the term was defined as “a preparation that is used to stimulate the body’s immune response against diseases.”
Massie likened the shifting definition to the Ministry of Truth from George Orwell’s 1984 novel.
Twice in the final months of the Trump administration, the country’s top military officer was so fearful that the president’s actions might spark a war with China that he moved urgently to avert armed conflict. In a pair of secret phone calls, Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, assured his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Li Zuocheng of the People’s Liberation Army, that the United States would not strike, according to a new book by Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward and national political reporter Robert Costa. One call took place on Oct. 30, 2020, four days before the election that unseated President Trump, and the other on Jan. 8, 2021, two days after the Capitol siege carried out by his supporters in a quest to cancel the vote. The first call was prompted by Milley’s review of intelligence suggesting the Chinese believed the United States was preparing to attack. That belief, the authors write, was based on tensions over military exercises in the South China Sea, and deepened by Trump’s belligerent rhetoric toward China. “General Li, I want to assure you that the American government is stable and everything is going to be okay,” Milley told him. “We are not going to attack or conduct any kinetic operations against you.” In the book’s account, Milley went so far as to pledge he would alert his counterpart in the event of a U.S. attack, stressing the rapport they’d established through a backchannel. “General Li, you and I have known each other for now five years. If we’re going to attack, I’m going to call you ahead of time. It’s not going to be a surprise.” Li took the chairman at his word, the authors write in the book, “Peril,” which is set to be released next week. In the second call, placed to address Chinese fears about the events of Jan. 6, Li wasn’t as easily assuaged, even after Milley promised him, “We are 100 percent steady. Everything’s fine. But democracy can be sloppy sometimes.” Li remained rattled, and Milley, who did not relay the conversation to Trump, according to the book, understood why. The chairman, 62 at the time and chosen by Trump in 2018, believed the president had suffered a mental decline after the election, the authors write, a view he communicated to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a phone call on Jan. 8. He agreed with her evaluation that Trump was unstable, according to a call transcript obtained by the authors. Believing that China could lash out if it felt at risk from an unpredictable and vengeful American president, Milley took action. The same day, he called the admiral overseeing the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, the military unit responsible for Asia and the Pacific region, and recommended postponing the military exercises, according to the book. The admiral complied. Milley also summoned senior officers to review the procedures for launching nuclear weapons, saying the president alone could give the order — but, crucially, that he, Milley, also had to be involved. Looking each in the eye, Milley asked the officers to affirm that they had understood, the authors write, in what he considered an “oath.” The chairman knew that he was “pulling a Schlesinger,” the authors write, resorting to measures resembling the ones taken in August 1974 by James R. Schlesinger, the secretary of defense at the time. Schlesinger told military officials to check with him and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs before carrying out orders from President Richard M. Nixon, who was facing impeachment at the time. Though Milley went furthest in seeking to stave off a national security crisis, his alarm was shared throughout the highest ranks of the administration, the authors reveal. CIA Director Gina Haspel, for instance, reportedly told Milley, “We are on the way to a right-wing coup.”
Bob Woodward is going to destroy Donald Trump like he did to Nixon
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley moved to limit former President Trump's ability to call for a military strike or launch nuclear weapons days after the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot according to "Peril," an upcoming book about the end of Trump's presidency written by veteran journalist Bob Woodward and The Washington Post's Robert Costa.
Woodward and Costa wrote in their new book that Milley was worried that Trump might "go rogue," according to CNN.
If true then Miley would be guilty of sedition for usurping the power of the commanders and chief of the armed forces.
Robert W Malone, MD https://twitter.com/RWMaloneMD/status/1436902257384206336
Next question, which seems obvious to me, but maybe I am biased. Why did you see an enormous synchronized push by media and government to label Ivermectin as an unsafe horse medicine when both assertions are clearly false? And why did so many buy into that media theme (meme)?
Washington Post, New York Times, CNN and state media
Do you plan to quote tweet this literal fake news with an update that the Biden Admin killed an aide worker and his family then lied and said they were ISIS, or are you just going to leave the debunked regime talking points hanging out there?
Jonathan Lemire @JonLemire · Aug 29 WASHINGTON (AP) — US officials: Drone strikes vehicle with 'multiple suicide bombers' on way to Kabul airport; threat believed eliminated.
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Bob Woodward is going to destroy Donald Trump like he did to Nixon
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley moved to limit former President Trump's ability to call for a military strike or launch nuclear weapons days after the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot according to "Peril," an upcoming book about the end of Trump's presidency written by veteran journalist Bob Woodward and The Washington Post's Robert Costa.
Woodward and Costa wrote in their new book that Milley was worried that Trump might "go rogue," according to CNN.
According to the two journalists, Milley "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."
Due to this perceived "decline," Woodward and Costa wrote that Milley convened a secret meeting at the Pentagon on Jan. 8 in order to review the process of military actions. According to the CNN report, Milley ordered senior military officials to not take orders from anyone unless he was involved.
"No matter what you are told, you do the procedure. You do the process. And I'm part of that procedure," he reportedly said.
Milley's fear of the president going "rogue" was apparently based on prior experience. According to "Peril," Trump issued a military order to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan on Jan. 15, five days before he was set to step down from office.
As Woodward and Costa wrote, Milley "felt no absolute certainty that the military could control or trust Trump and believed it was his job as the senior military officer to think the unthinkable and take any and all necessary precautions."
The Hill has reached out to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Trump's office for comment.
Numerous political books written about the last days of the Trump administration have detailed the adversarial relationship Trump and Milley had.
In the book "Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost," author Michael Bender wrote of how Trump and Milley engaged in a shouting match last year when the president tried to force Milley to respond to the racial justice protests that took place over the summer.
Trump reportedly believed Milley had the legal authority to deploy active-duty troops to respond within Washington, D.C., amid protests. However, former Attorney General William Barr, who was reportedly in the room with them, informed Trump that Milley, as he had said himself, did not have the authority to do so.
Another political book published after Trump left office, "I Alone Can Fix It" by Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, claimed that Milley had concerns that Trump would attempt to carry out a coup in order to stay in power, with the general viewing Trump as "the classic authoritarian leader with nothing to lose.'
Barr and Milly saved our country!
"summer of love"
"peaceful protests"
Thomas Massie
https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1437191578574020613
If you understood or remembered only one thing from George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984,” I’d hope it would be that the totalitarian government redefined the language in order to influence thought.
Rep. Massie Points Out CDC Changing Definition Of ‘Vaccination’
Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.) pointed out the frequently changing definition of the term “vaccination.” Massie took to Twitter this week to share the CDC’s ever-evolving definition, in which key words have been changed over the past several years.
Prior to 2015, it was defined as “an injection to prevent disease.” Until 2021, it was “the act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce immunity.” Now, it has been defined as “the act of introducing a vaccine to produce protection.”
The term “vaccine” was also revised by the CDC. In 2012, the definition was “a product that produces immunity therefore protecting the body from the disease.” It has since been changed a few times and now the term was defined as “a preparation that is used to stimulate the body’s immune response against diseases.”
Massie likened the shifting definition to the Ministry of Truth from George Orwell’s 1984 novel.
_________________________
Joe Biden's America
Ministry of Truth
1984
Banana republic
FJB
Twice in the final months of the Trump administration, the country’s top military officer was so fearful that the president’s actions might spark a war with China that he moved urgently to avert armed conflict.
In a pair of secret phone calls, Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, assured his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Li Zuocheng of the People’s Liberation Army, that the United States would not strike, according to a new book by Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward and national political reporter Robert Costa.
One call took place on Oct. 30, 2020, four days before the election that unseated President Trump, and the other on Jan. 8, 2021, two days after the Capitol siege carried out by his supporters in a quest to cancel the vote.
The first call was prompted by Milley’s review of intelligence suggesting the Chinese believed the United States was preparing to attack. That belief, the authors write, was based on tensions over military exercises in the South China Sea, and deepened by Trump’s belligerent rhetoric toward China.
“General Li, I want to assure you that the American government is stable and everything is going to be okay,” Milley told him. “We are not going to attack or conduct any kinetic operations against you.”
In the book’s account, Milley went so far as to pledge he would alert his counterpart in the event of a U.S. attack, stressing the rapport they’d established through a backchannel. “General Li, you and I have known each other for now five years. If we’re going to attack, I’m going to call you ahead of time. It’s not going to be a surprise.”
Li took the chairman at his word, the authors write in the book, “Peril,” which is set to be released next week.
In the second call, placed to address Chinese fears about the events of Jan. 6, Li wasn’t as easily assuaged, even after Milley promised him, “We are 100 percent steady. Everything’s fine. But democracy can be sloppy sometimes.”
Li remained rattled, and Milley, who did not relay the conversation to Trump, according to the book, understood why. The chairman, 62 at the time and chosen by Trump in 2018, believed the president had suffered a mental decline after the election, the authors write, a view he communicated to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a phone call on Jan. 8. He agreed with her evaluation that Trump was unstable, according to a call transcript obtained by the authors.
Believing that China could lash out if it felt at risk from an unpredictable and vengeful American president, Milley took action. The same day, he called the admiral overseeing the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, the military unit responsible for Asia and the Pacific region, and recommended postponing the military exercises, according to the book. The admiral complied.
Milley also summoned senior officers to review the procedures for launching nuclear weapons, saying the president alone could give the order — but, crucially, that he, Milley, also had to be involved. Looking each in the eye, Milley asked the officers to affirm that they had understood, the authors write, in what he considered an “oath.”
The chairman knew that he was “pulling a Schlesinger,” the authors write, resorting to measures resembling the ones taken in August 1974 by James R. Schlesinger, the secretary of defense at the time. Schlesinger told military officials to check with him and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs before carrying out orders from President Richard M. Nixon, who was facing impeachment at the time.
Though Milley went furthest in seeking to stave off a national security crisis, his alarm was shared throughout the highest ranks of the administration, the authors reveal. CIA Director Gina Haspel, for instance, reportedly told Milley, “We are on the way to a right-wing coup.”
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#ICYMI: @RepMikeJohnson just introduced an amendment that would prohibit amnesty for illegal immigrants with TEN or more DUI convictions.
Democrats voted against it!
That's right. If you've got ten or more DUI's, the Democrats will open the southern border for you!
the alky bill ?
10 DUI's is too limiting
Bob Woodward is going to destroy Donald Trump like he did to Nixon
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley moved to limit former President Trump's ability to call for a military strike or launch nuclear weapons days after the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot according to "Peril," an upcoming book about the end of Trump's presidency written by veteran journalist Bob Woodward and The Washington Post's Robert Costa.
Woodward and Costa wrote in their new book that Milley was worried that Trump might "go rogue," according to CNN.
If true then Miley would be guilty of sedition for usurping the power of the commanders and chief of the armed forces.
I see alky is posting that democrat deep staters had a coup in place.
But he doesn't even understand that
And helping out Biden with Hunter sure kept them off the hook
As well as help from the FBI
Banana Republic
Joe Biden's America
1984
Ministry of Truth
state police
state media
FAKE NEWS
Commonsense said...
If true then Miley would be guilty of sedition for usurping the power of the commanders and chief of the armed forces.
FACT CHECK - TRUE
And the same with Pelosi
Hopefully this will be pursued in 2022 and 2024
We need accountability for their illegal actions
and this justice department is not providing it
Any word on Hunter or the Durham "investigation" yet ?
Robert W Malone, MD
https://twitter.com/RWMaloneMD/status/1436902257384206336
Next question, which seems obvious to me, but maybe I am biased. Why did you see an enormous synchronized push by media and government to label Ivermectin as an unsafe horse medicine when both assertions are clearly false? And why did so many buy into that media theme (meme)?
Washington Post, New York Times, CNN and state media
Enemy of the people
1984
Donald Trump Jr.
https://mobile.twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1436528068546412544
Do you plan to quote tweet this literal fake news with an update that the Biden Admin killed an aide worker and his family then lied and said they were ISIS, or are you just going to leave the debunked regime talking points hanging out there?
Jonathan Lemire
@JonLemire
· Aug 29
WASHINGTON (AP) — US officials: Drone strikes vehicle with 'multiple suicide bombers' on way to Kabul airport; threat believed eliminated.
___________________________
Still out there
FAKE NEWS
from the government
Ministry of Truth
Joe Biden's America
FJB
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