Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley.(Mark Wilson / Getty Images)
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff prepared to thwart any coup
attempt by Trump.—As reported by Carol Leonnig and
Philip Rucker in I Alone Can Fix It
A presidential coup! Did that seem silly?
Well not, apparently, to Mark A. Milley,
Who braced his troops because of thinking, “Will he?”
So that’s how grave this coup threat was. Yes, really.
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