Milley was shaken of the gospel of the fuhrer and was worried that he would try to stage a coup. And here is jamie gangel with more. Reporter: we re getting a new glimpse into how unhinged the final days of the trump administration were. The top u. S. Military officer chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mark milley was so shaken by trump s attitude, the big lie, after the election that he might possibly attempt a coup or take other dangerous or illegal action that milley and other top officials planned informally what they would do to stop such a coup attempt. This is according to excerpts in the book, general millie ey spe to top officers and lawmakers about just how worried he is about the possible threat of a coup and he is quoted as saying they may try but they are not going to fing succeed. You can t do this without the military, you can t do this without the cia and the fbi. We are the guys with the guns. He was really afraid after january 6 that there might be another attack.
Tumultuous final days of the trump presidency are revealed in a sires of new books laying out howie is veer of a threat trump was to democracy itself. If i alone can fix it write the general mark milley was so concerned that trump or his allies might stage a coup that he and others came up with plans to stop trumpet milley described, quote, a stomachchurning feeling as he listened to trump s untrue complaints of election fraud drawing a compare season to the 1933 attack on germany s parliament building that hitler used as a pretext to establish a nazi dictatorship. Quote, this is a reichstag moment, the gospel of the furor. According to the book milley said of any potential coup, they may try but they are not going to f ing succeed adding, quote, you can t do this without the military. You can t do this without the cia and the fbi. We re the guys with the guns. Trump released a statement said saying i never threatened or spoke to anyone a couple our government and, quote, if i was goin
Blockbuster new reporting in this yet to be released report bears that out and adds to our understanding of the horrors of january 6th including the new detail that trump s white house counsel expected trump to be charged with a crime, sedition, on that day. In the new book we learn more about the extreme pressure campaign. Donald trump exerted upon his vice president mike pence to overturn the will of the american people on january 6th. They write this, quote, trump called pence, who was spending the morning at his naval observatory residence before heading to the capitol. Pence again explained the legal limits on his authority as vice president and said he planned to perform his ceremonial duty as prescribed by the constitution. But trump showed no mercy. Quote, you don t have the courage to make a hard decision, he told pence. It s a sentiment he repeated even as the crowds turned violent with the threat mounting. The excerpt says this, quote, as rioters marauded through the capitol
Said it is to confront the scorch of racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia here at home and around the world. And the white house is actually backing him up. He believes responsible nations must not shrink from scrutiny of human rights record. Rather, they should acknowledge with intent to improve it and also push and listen up amp hood and shine a light on other countries that need to do better. That is the role we are playing for the united states. Jesse: keep in mind, the human rights council that the white house wants to criticize america includes cuba and china. A quick reminder, keep it right now rounding up thousands of people for protesting against communism. They have shut down the internet so the rest of the world can t see what s happening. In china, growing over a million uighurs in concentration camps. Republicans like nikki haley are calling all of this just a bunch of nonsense. You ve got people being bullied and beaten in the streets of cuba. You have venezuelans
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