Woodward and costa paints a chilling portrait of trump s final days in office. And here s the headline. They report, as you said c that chairman of the joint chiefs mark milley was so concerned about president trump s state of mind that he took top secret action to limit president trump s 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 i m 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, it s january 8th. It s two days after the assault on the capitol. Gets a phone call from speaker
Taliban to maybe find some negotiation space for they ve said no more afghans can leave. Clearly there s 10,000 at the airport. So something is happening behind the scenes that s helping some people get through. Can you talk about that to some extent? i ll turn it over to the general. I ll start with that last question first. It kind of comes off of some things that mr. Kirby just said with that constant communication. I know the most senior commanders on the ground are out and discussing with the taliban leaders that are manning these checkpoints exactly what the documentation needs to look like, times and coordination, details of that. As we know, though, there are reports that some aren t able to get through there. I can tell you that the department of state, the consulor affairs are working with commanders there to ensure that documentation, names and those things, as often as required, are being communicated to the taliban that are at those checkpoints to allow transition in there
Tweeting today trump has been telling a number of people he expects he will be reinstated by august. Keeping them honest, there is no such thing as a former president getting reinstated, and even if there was, he won t be. The image of a onetime former president milling around in his florida club talking to anyone willing to listen about phony election results and imaginary ballots is rather sad and pathetic. But it s more than that. It has real world consequences. Republican politicians in congress and state legislatures across the country, hoping to be noticed perhaps by the former president are hoping to enact laws based on his lies. Limiting voting. Curtailing investigation into the insurrection. Some followers of his, now michael flynn who is now selling qanon merchandise online and repeating qanon favorite slogans at times seems to support a coup now against president biden. Here he is last weekend at a conference in dallas answering questions about why a myanmarstyle coup can t
It is not, however, sadly unprecedented. The new laws they are pushing are based on the election lies still being told by the former president and we got word that the man in maralago has word he will soon return to office. Trump has been telling a number of people he expects he will be reinstated by august. Keep in mind, there is no such thing as a former president being reinstated and even if there was, he won t be. The image of a former president milling around in his florida club talking to anyone about phony election results and imaginary ballots is rather sad and pathetic. It has real world consequences. Republican politician pres hopio be noticed are trying to enact laws based on his lies. Limiting voting. Curtailing investigation into the insurrection. Some followers of his, now selling qanon merchandise online and repeating qanon favored slogans at times supports a coup against president biden. Why a myanmar style i want to know why what happened in myanmar can t happen here.
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