Uh-oh, @AC360 has more Final Days of the Former Guy details from @CarolLeonnig’s and @PhilipRucker’s book ….
.@jamiegangel with the details …. Joint Chiefs were afraid tfg would try a coup. Milley saw tfg as Hitlerian and feared a “Reichstag moment” …
“‘They may try, but they’re not going to f**king succeed,’” is a quote in the chyron.
“These guys are Nazis … , the same guys we fought in WWII,” Milley told others.
Apparently @Liz_Cheney had a confrontation with Jim Jordan on Jan. 6, told him, “You f**king did this.”
(Milley said this.)
Tfg once in the Oval Office called Merkel a “bitch” and complained about the “Krauts.”
Pompeo told Milley he was worried about the “crazies” around tfg. (Pompeo denies this.)
“In the days leading up to January 6, Leonnig and Rucker write, Milley was worried about Trump's call to action. ‘Milley told his staff that he believed Trump was stoking unrest, possibly in hopes of an excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act and call out the military.’”
“Milley viewed Trump as ‘the classic authoritarian leader with nothing to lose,’ the authors write, and he saw parallels between Adolf Hitler's rhetoric as a victim and savior and Trump's false claims of election fraud.”
“‘This is a Reichstag moment,’ Milley told aides, according to the book.” ‘The gospel of the Führer.’”
“Ahead of a November pro-Trump ‘Million MAGA March’ to protest the election results, Milley told aides he feared it ‘could be the modern American equivalent of 'brownshirts in the streets,'’ referring to the pro-Nazi militia that fueled Hitler's rise to power.”
“After the January 6 insurrection, Pelosi told the general she was deeply concerned that a ‘crazy,’ ‘dangerous’ and ‘maniac’ Trump might use nuclear weapons during his final days in office.”
“‘Ma'am, I guarantee you these processes are very good,’ Milley reassured her. ‘There's not going to be an accidental firing of nuclear weapons.’”
“‘How can you guarantee me?’ Pelosi asked.
“‘Ma'am, there's a process,’ he said. ‘We will only follow legal orders. We'll only do things that are legal, ethical, and moral.’”
“‘Ma'am, there's a process,’ he said. ‘We will only follow legal orders. We'll only do things that are legal, ethical, and moral.’”
“Cheney described to Milley her exchange with Jordan: ‘While these maniacs are going through the place [on Jan. 6], I'm standing in the aisle and he said, “We need to get the ladies away from the aisle. Let me help you.”’”
“‘I smacked his hand away and told him, “Get away from me. You f**king did this.”’”
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