Storksforlegs@beehaw.org to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 months agoMilley acted to prevent Trump from misusing nuclear weapons, war with China, book sayswww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down10
arrow-up1139arrow-down1external-linkMilley acted to prevent Trump from misusing nuclear weapons, war with China, book sayswww.nbcnews.comStorksforlegs@beehaw.org to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareDark ArcAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·edit-22 months agoThere 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.
minus-squaresepi@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months ago“Mad Dog” Matthis was another general, not Milley.
minus-squareDark ArcAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoOh damn it, good catch I got mixed up… Trump had so many guys.
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.
Oh damn it, good catch I got mixed up… Trump had so many guys.