The Joint Chiefs was personally involved in the signoff as called for by pentagon protocols. Details of the top secret Pentagon Meeting among many of the startling revelations about the final days of trump in peril, a book. Our cnn Special Correspondent obtained an early copy of the book. John, Woodward And Costa, as you say, report that general Mark Milley took top secret action to limit President Trumps ability to make a Military Strike or to use nuclear weapons. Let me just set the stage from the book. According to Woodward And Costa, milley is deeply shaken from the assault on the capitol on the 6th. We believes trump, to your point, is unstable, unpredictable, and Woodward And Costa write, milley believes that trump is in serious mental decline. He also has been talking Back Channel to the chinese. He is aware from intelligence that the chinese are on edge, because of January 6th. And because of trumps behavior. So hes trying to reassure them behind the scenes, and milley tells hi
Woodward and costa paints a chilling portrait of trumps final days in office. And heres the headline. They report, as you said c that chairman of the joint Chiefs Mark Milley was so concerned about President Trumps State Of Mind that he took top secret action to limit President Trumps ability from making a dangerous Military Strike or to use nuclear weapons. Woodward and costa reveal that milley had intelligence, that china was on the edge. He was calling his counterpart there back channel to reassure them, because they were worried that trump might pull a Wag The Dog in all the chaos to try to stay in power. And milley also reports that im sorry, Woodward And Costa also report that milley thought that trump was in serious mental decline. And at one point he turns to his senior staff, and he says, quote, you never know what a president s Trigger Point is. Against this backdrop, milley, its january 8th. Its two days after the assault on the capitol. Gets a Phone Call from speaker Nancy
Hello. br breaking news out of washington. we re learning america s top military officer was so worried then president trump would go rogue in the days after the insurrection that he called a secret meeting to protect america s nuclear arsenal. joint chiefs chairman general mark milley gave one directive at this meeting. nobody was to follow through on possible military strikes ordered by trump unless milley personally signed off on it. now, these details are revealed in peril . a new book by bob woodward and robert costa. we got an advanced copy of this book. let me set the stage. this is a book that was all around the days of surrounding the insurrection. right? or this reporting? correct. so first of all, the book by