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'They're not going to f**king succeed': Top generals feared Trump would attempt a coup after...
The top US military officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley, was so shaken that then-President Donald Trump and his allies might attempt a coup or take other dangerous or illegal...
cnn.com
6:21 PM · Jul 14, 2021

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/14/politics/donald-trump-election-coup-new-book-excerpt/index.html

Washington (CNN) — The top US military officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley, was so shaken that then-President Donald Trump and his allies might attempt a coup or take other dangerous or illegal measures after the November election that Milley and other top officials informally planned for different ways to stop Trump, according to excerpts of an upcoming book obtained by CNN.

The book, from Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, describes how Milley and the other Joint Chiefs discussed a plan to resign, one-by-one, rather than carry out orders from Trump that they considered to be illegal, dangerous or ill-advised.

"It was a kind of Saturday Night Massacre in reverse," Leonnig and Rucker write.

The book, "I Alone Can Fix It," scheduled to be released next Tuesday, chronicles Trump's final year as president, with a behind-the-scenes look at how senior administration officials and Trump's inner circle navigated his increasingly unhinged behavior after losing the 2020 election. The authors interviewed Trump for more than two hours.
The book recounts how for the first time in modern US history the nation's top military officer, whose role is to advise the president, was preparing for a showdown with the commander in chief because he feared a coup attempt after Trump lost the November election.

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[NBachers]

1. Uuuh, dude, they did launch a coup attempt. It happened on January 6th. Where were you guys?

[SharonAnn]

2. The key is that the U.S. nilitary did not participate. A few individuals may have, not the milititar

[BigmanPigman]

3. On DU we were speculating about this for 4 years.

Zillions of posts were asking if he would try a coup and if he did, would it succeed? A lot said that the military wouldn't go along with him but were concerned about his supporters as well as the local police in red areas.

I guess we pretty much predicted it on DU a long time ago.

[peppertree]

4. +1

Whether you're a Democrat or not, a DU reader is an informed reader.

[NJCher]

6. Not only

Could we pass a current events test (unlike the viewers of a certain notorious tv network), we can pretty much predict an outcome just based on a close watching of characters involved.

[GoodRaisin]

9. Yep, and in Trump's mind if he could bully Pence into not certifying the election, it would

create chaos about the presidency. Creating mass confusion, in his deranged mind, was his best option. So, he planned to have all his magats on the ground at the Capitol, with no certified election, protesting election fraud, and demanding a congressional vote on the winner.

[wnylib]

11. I was one of the people who posted concern

that TFG would incite his followers, especially the militia thugs, to violence in an attempt to stay in power. I based my concerns on his personality, general behavior, statements about wanting to be president for life, and my awareness that many militia members are former and current military and cops. That info was available in books and articles about militias that I had read. The Atlantic had an article on how it could be done.

But each time, there were several DUers who ridiculed the idea as alarmist and conspiracy theory. They insisted that TFG "like all bullies" was a coward who blustered but would slink away when he lost. They also insisted that his followers and militia were just a bunch of overweight couch potatoes who would whine on social media but were too cowardly and physically unfit to take any action.

I wish they had been right. But it was frustrating to see where things were going and to have so many people refusing to acknowledge the extent of the threat.

[liberalmediaaddict]

5. He did attempt a coup

He tried everything possible to stay in office after he lost. If January 6th wasn't a coup attempt to overthrow the government I don't know what is.

[DanieRains]

7. Milley Will Be Forever Known As One Of America's Greatest Heroes

If he didn't out think TFG and plan around him, America would be a whole lot different today.

Not only did he not go along, he made sure the cronies in the Pentagon were ignored.

Very Fine Soldier.

[MFM008]

8. I agree

in the 50s my dad was secretary to the USAF general in the Pentagon for a while,
he always told me there would be people working against an ass like donnie if they ever got in power.
I expect to save the nation Milley would have acted dramatically to stop him....if you get my meaning.
Someone would have. I believe that.

[ansible]

10. Brownshirts? LOL Trump's supporters are even dumber