A soon-to-be-published book says that the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, took secret measures in the last days of the era of former President Donald Trump to avoid a war with China, because he feared the deterioration of the mental state of the billionaire Republican after losing the presidential election.

According to the book "Berrill" (Danger) by journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, General Milley took the initiative to secretly call his Chinese counterpart to assure him that the United States would not attack his country.

According to excerpts from the book, which will be issued within days, published by the Washington Post and CNN, General Milley instructed senior military leadership officials not to implement any extremist order that Trump might issue, especially with regard to the use of nuclear weapons, after He lost the November 3 presidential election to his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden.

After US intelligence concluded that China was preparing for an imminent attack, General Milley called his Chinese counterpart Li Zhou Cheng twice, the first on October 30, i.e. before the presidential election, and on January 8, two days after the "Trumpists" stormed. Congress headquarters.

Communication and reassurance

During the call, Milley told his Chinese counterpart, "I would like to assure you that the American state is stable and that everything will go well," according to the book, which is based on the testimonies of 200 American officials, without mentioning their names. The general continued, "We will not attack you, and we will not launch military operations against you."

Two months later, Milley called his Chinese counterpart back after Trump's behavior after his electoral defeat seemed to be getting more and more strange.

Milley also assembled members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to stress the need to inform him of any order of a nuclear strike that Trump might issue, prior to implementation.

The general personally asked all the members of the staff to confirm that they understood what he asked of them, and in this context the authors of the book talked about taking an oath.

Milley also asked CIA Director Gina Haspel and the head of military intelligence, General Paul Nakasone, to monitor Trump's actions for any strange behavior.

According to the book's authors, "Some may consider Millie to have overstepped his authority and given himself excessive powers."

The book states that the chief of staff was convinced that he was doing what was necessary to avoid any disruption of the world order, to avoid "the accidental outbreak of war with China or others" and to ensure "the non-use of nuclear weapons."