Milley acted to prevent Trump from misusing nuclear weapons, war with China, book says

[swag]

Source: NBC News

By Dareh Gregorian and Jesse Rodriguez

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley took steps to prevent then-President Donald Trump from misusing the country's nuclear arsenal during the last month of his presidency, according to a new book by The Washington Post's Bob Woodward and Robert Costa obtained by NBC News.

Their book, "Peril," said that in the days before the 2020 election, Milley also acted to prevent a potential conflict with China. The book said Milley received intelligence that Chinese officials believed the U.S. was getting ready to attack them. To defuse tensions, Milley called the head of China's military, Gen. Li Zuocheng, and told him the "American government is stable" and "we are not going to attack."

"If we're going to attack, I'm going to call you ahead of time. It's not going to be a surprise," Milley is quoted as saying.

"We're not going to have a fight," Milley told him, according to the book.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/milley-acted-prevent-trump-misusing-nuclear-weapons-war-china-book-n1279187

[msongs]

1. "If we're going to attack, I'm going to call you ahead of time." very odd nt

[BlueWavePsych]

2. Only You Can Prevent ...

[Bayard]

3. Sheer insanity

And if trump ever got back in the White House, there would be no Gen. Milley to slow him down.

"The missiles are flying....."

[PSPS]

4. I guess sitting on critical information until you can monetize it in a book is a thing now.

[billh58]

5. Gen Milley did not

write the book, and I don't believe that he will receive any money from its publication:

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley took steps to prevent then-President Donald Trump from misusing the country's nuclear arsenal during the last month of his presidency, according to a new book by The Washington Post's Bob Woodward and Robert Costa obtained by NBC News.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/milley-acted-prevent-trump-misusing-nuclear-weapons-war-china-book-n1279187

[Jack Valentino]

6. Actually, I recall reading about the Chinese thing a long time ago,

possibly with less detail... this is not new to me.

[C0RI0LANUS]

7. The vignette reminded me of this classic scene. Just switch from Russian to Mandarin: