a state department representative was there. as one former national security official said to me, this is someone who s a republican, general milley never went rogue. donald trump went rogue when he tried to overturn the election. i understand you have new details from the october 30th call. so i think what s important here is some of this has been taken out of context. people have not read the book yet. and when aiosee the details of the conversation, it is very clear that milley is making these calls because he has sensitive intelligence. the chinese think the u.s. is going to make a strike because donald trump may pull a wag the dog. and milley initiates this call in order to reassure his counterpart general lee. woodward and costa write in the book, quote, general li, you and
tried to overturn the election. i understand you have new details from the october 30th call? so, i think what s important here is some of this has been taken out of context. people have not read the book, yet. and when you see the details of the conversation, it is very clear that, milley is making these calls because he has sensitive intelligence. the chinese think that the u.s. is going to make a strike because donald trump may pull a wag the dog. and milley initiates this call in order to reassure his counterpoint, general li. woodward and costa write in the book, quote, general li, you and i have known each other for now five years. if we are going to attack, i m going to call you ahead of time. it s not going to be a surprise. it s not going to be a bolt out of the blue. if there was a war or some kind of kinetic action between the united states and china, there is going to be a build-up just