Former President Donald Trump has insisted he would not have used the military to illegally seize control of the government after his election loss.
But he also suggested that if he had tried to carry out a coup, it would not have been with his top military adviser.
In a lengthy statement on Thursday, Mr Trump responded to revelations in a new book detailing fears from General Mark Milley that the outgoing president would stage a coup during his final weeks in office.
Mr Trump said he was “not into coups” and “never threatened, or spoke about, to anyone, a coup of our Government”. At the same time, he said that “if I was going to do a coup, one of the last people I would want to do it with is” Gen Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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He added that if he were to do a coup, he would not choose Milley to do it with
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Trump says he would not have attempted coup after defeat
Former president Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Sunday, July 11, 2021, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Former President Donald Trump imitates the shooting of a gun with his finger while talking about gun violence in Chicago as he speaks at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Flood Of Scathing New Books Angers Trump And Unnerves His Aides
Reprinted with permission from Alternet
Former President Donald Trump isn t very pleased about the onslaught of harsh new books and memoirs documenting his chaotic presidency, but there is just one problem with his disapproval.
According to
Politico, Trump actually conducted interviews for each book being released. The publication noted that Trump agreed to conduct interviews thinking it would put a positive spin on the books being developed. In fact, Trump even sat down with the
Wall Street Journal s Michael Bender and author Michael Wolff, two authors who have been at the center of scathing reports this week documenting excerpts from their books.
Donald Trump insists he would not have used military in a post-election coup
The former US president says he is not into coups .
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to speak during the Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC held at the Hilton Anatole on July 11, 2021 in Dallas, Texas. (Image: Getty Images)
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