Top military adviser secretly assured China that Trump would not attack to stay in office, book claims.
On Jan. 8, two days after the assault on the Capitol by pro-Trump rioters, Milley called his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Li Zuocheng, to assure him that the United States was"100 percent steady" and not on the brink of collapse or war despite the unrest in Washington, according to the book. He reportedly did not tell Trump about the call.
"No matter what you are told, you do the procedure. You do the process. And I'm part of that procedure," Milley told the officers as he looked them in the eye and asked them to affirm their understanding, according to the book. "This is a highly dangerous situation. We are going to lash out for his ego?" Haspel said to Milley in a phone call, according to the book.
Woodward and Costa said they conducted more than 200 interviews for their book on"deep background," with the condition that the firsthand participants and witnesses to the events described not be named as sources for the project.Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, top center, watches as President Donald Trump signs the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Dec. 20, 2019.
In an interview with conservative television network Newsmax on Tuesday evening, Trump said he never considered attacking China and said Milley's reported call with his Chinese counterpart was"treason." Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, called on Biden to fire Milley, who now serves as his top military adviser.
"I've done everything I could, and then some, to find a way around this. It's simply not possible," Pence told Trump about his ceremonial role presiding over the electoral vote count, according to the book.
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