Milley acted to prevent Trump from misusing nuclear weapons, war with China, book says
Milley acted to prevent Trump from misusing nuclear weapons, war with China, book says
Milley Cyrus saves the day again, oh be still my achey breaky heart
Damn sid meiers may have to update the rankings in civ and bump old Dan quale up a few ranks sounds like he isn't as terrible as he once was
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I'd be more surprised if Trump didn't get weird nuke ideas fairly shortly after getting access, actually.
Guess I'll have to wait for the book, but that title might be misleading. It sounds like they had discussions about the process, in light of Trump being... well, Trump. Not that Trump ever ordered anything to do with nuclear weapons and Milley preventing said action.
The book has actually been out for a few years... this article was written in 2021. I'm not really sure why it was posted now.
oh lol
Every time I hear stories like this it reminds me of the efforts Dubya and Cheney have made to rewrite history because they're associated with some of the worst people and decisions in American history. I don't believe for a moment that he wasn't just another yes man indulging Trump's nonsense.
I definitely think some of this is the case here with these stories. But the main takeaway should be how important it is to keep Trump the hell out of office again.
I don't think it matters much who we elect, at least if you're a member of the poor and working class. It will be interesting to see the stats on how many people don't bother voting this year.
There were lots of folks that pushed back on Trump up to and including Pence in his act of patriotism certifying the election. I wouldn't be so skeptical that Miley was one of them, he seems genuinely intelligent
and Trump likely only picked him because he has a bad ass nickname "Mad Dog."(EDIT as another person said, I was wrong on this part -- though consider reading https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/11/general-mark-milley-trump-coup/675375/?gift=LfMDGClsXPxuFi6NzzlsStWAlW-QPG1x0JcWnXcGjog&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share)The terrifying reality is, a 2024 Trump might not have any of those roadblocks.
"Mad Dog" Matthis was another general, not Milley.