president? didn t happen. he also says, allegedly, that we don t know what the president s trigger is. the president told us that when he came into office. he said let s not signal to adversaries what we re going to do. so, look at the environment the author sets up. that s a lot of drama. look at what the general does. there s not a lot of drama there. let s look at facts, not drama, and tell marco rubio, take a chill pill until you ask the general what he said. this is just too much, jim. jamie, what do you think? i m going to push back on phil. we re dear friends a little. i don t think i have read the whole book i don t think anyone is trying to overpromote the book. and as far as drama is concerned, i don t think it got any more dramatic than what happened on january 6th. general hertling, the authors also report that general milley believed former president trump was in serious mental decline.
reporting earlier, in other parts of the world. and i m certain as earlier reports also indicate that chairman followed the protocols for engagement and communication with foreign officials. how do i know these things? because i ve done them personally, certainly not at the level of the chairman of the joint chiefs but in a theater of operation. this kind of theater security cooperation with friends, allies and foes at times is one of the biggest part of the senior leader s job when they re in a military building. phil, republican senator marco rubio has been tearing into general milley, accusing him of contemplating a treasonous leak to the chinese. apparently there were 15 people on this call between milley and his counterpart. the details were shared with the intelligence community. it wasn t exactly happening in total darkness. it doesn t sound like it was complete run around. what do you think? i think that the senator needs to take two aspirin and
power on the far side of the world with this degree of precision is the united states of america. he s right. but is america proving that right now? no. a voice in the storm calling for calm all week has been a former cia counter terrorism official who played a big role in forming the now fallen afghan government, mr. phil mud. good to see you, brother. i used an analogy earlier in the week, don t say the race is over, it s not fair. the first couple of laps have gone lousy. now we re a bunch of laps into the race. how we looking? chapter 2. look, chapter 1 the government was caught off-guard. the through put at the airport was slow. the numbers of people not only getting into the airport but get on airplanes, if you re talking about only 2,000 per day that s pathetic. we ve gone over chapter 2 in the last 48 hours in two regards.
a concern for asia s soupe power as they try to navigate the new political reality on jake, publically chinese state media is feeding off the images of desperation. they re putting it out there and saying to the rest of the world, this is what happens when you rely on the u.s. it goes right into their propaganda campaign. the reality is china benefitted from the u.s. presence in afghanistan, and they are deeply concerned this will rock the stability within this region, jake. thank you so much for that report. let s bring in phil mud. phil, these strange bedfellows, the taliban and china, they have been working together for a while. i don t know how this works given how the chinese treat muslims in their own country. how do you see this affecting western interests and the move
many months ahead, do you step back and say with memos like this in mind, how do we prepare for the worst case scenario? i m not exactly sure what the answer to that is, jake. we should have anticipated things could have gone south as they did on january 6th. it is a leadership question. why didn t we anticipate? i don t really understand it yet. phil mud, thank you so much. really appreciate it. thanks. two sides of the country with two very different disasters. coming up next, the devastating floods and fires hitting the u.s. stay with us. for as little as $25 a month. and the best part? it s powered by verizon. but it gets crazier. bring a friend every month, and get every month for $5. which is why i brought them. two $5-a-months right here. (both) hey. plus the players in my squad. hey. what s up? then finally, my whole livestream. boom! 12 months of $5 wireless. (announcer) visible. unlimited data as low as $25 a month. or bring a friend and you both get a month for $5. wir