New claims from a yet-to-be-released book suggest Joint Chiefs Chairman Army Gen. Mark Milley went straight to the communist regime in Beijing to undermine President Trump during his final days in office.
According to the book, Milley assured his Chinese counterparts two times that Trump would not launch a military strike against them. And he promised the regime that if any attack was coming, he would warn them in advance.
After the shocking news broke on Wednesday, Milley defended the phone calls he made to America’s communist Chinese adversaries. And President Biden defended Milley as well.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has sent a letter to Biden calling for Milley to be dismissed immediately. Other officials are calling for his resignation.
This firestorm was all set off by excerpts from the book titled Peril by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa.
The authors claim Milley reviewed intelligence that China was concerned by chaos in the United States, specifically surrounding the election and the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
According to the book’s excerpt released Tuesday, Milley went behind the back of the commander-in-chief to reassure his Chinese military counterpart, “We are 100 percent steady. Everything’s fine. But democracy can be sloppy sometimes.”
Two separate phone calls between Milley and Beijing were reported, the general reportedly feeling the need to assure China, “If we’re going to attack, I’m going to call you ahead of time.”
Woodward and Costa also claim to have received the transcript of a call between Milley and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) following the Jan. 6 riot.
Pelosi was reportedly concerned that Trump was both unstable and dangerous. {eoa}
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